More than one of every two news-
papers, 62 percent of all Corrugated
material and one-third of all paper and
paperboard packaging (compared to 12
percent of all other packaging) are being
recove red.
Americans now recover 40 percent of all
paper used - achieving the industry’s
1995 recovery goal well ahead of schedule.
In all, paper and paperboard account
for more than 60 percent of all materials
diverted from the municipal solid waste
stream.Paper Ip Paperboard (62.6%)
Metal (1 1 .l%)Plastic (1 2%)
Other (1 7.8%)n Glass (7.8%)
Sour@: Fnnklin ASK (1990)Vital lo U.S. Papermakers
U.S. papermakers’ demand for recovered
paper has grown alongside the dramatic
growth in recovered paper supply. The
availability of increasing supplies of
recovered paper has provided tremendous
opportunities for U.S. manufacturers to
increase recycling capacity.
During the balance of this decade, U.S.
papermakers plan unprecedented invest-
ments in new manufacturing capacity to
increase their reliance on recovered paper
as a raw material. Already, however,
recovered paper is an important raw
material for U.S. papermakers. Consider
these statistics:Of the more than 500 U.S. paper and
paperboard mills, 75 percent recycle some
recovered paper, and 200 depend on it
entirely.
Every day, U.S. papermakers recycle
enough paper to fill a 15-mile-long train of
boxcars.
At the turn of the century, recovered
paper is expected to supply 40 percent of all
fiber used to make paper and paperboard
products - up from 25 percent in 1988.
In the year 2000, an estimated 78
percent of recovered paper will be recycled
domestically; 15 percent will be exported to
foreign recyclers; and the remaining 7
percent will be reused to make such
products as animal bedding, insulation,
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