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UK paper recycling drops
July,
2007 The UK is using less recycled paper than in the past, the latest
figures from the Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) have
shown.While 4.6 million tonnes of recovered paper was used in 2004,
only 4.5 million tonnes was used last year.The UK was also revealed to
be slightly behind the European average in waste paper collection.
Despite 62.4 per cent of waste paper such as used printer paper from
office buildings being collected in 2005, in Europe as a whole the
figure stood at 62.6 per cent.Peter Seggie from the CPI has said that
even though UK paper manufacturers use a reasonable amount of recycled
material to produce paper, more than 50 per cent of paper in the UK is
imported.”This is sustainable as long as there are expanding overseas
markets (as currently being experienced in China), but the increasing
collection rates of European partners mean they will become strong
competitors in the future,” Mr Seggie told website letsrecycle.”Should
any issues arise with overseas demand, the UK will be among the first
to suffer, because of the low domestic reprocessing level.”With some
recycled paper being used to produce the next ream of printer paper,
the need for further domestic recycling could become greater should the
issues mentioned by Mr Seggie arise.
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