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UK Paper and Board Industry: 2008 State of Trade
6th April 2009
Collection Rises to 8.8 Million Tonne Mark
Confederation of Paper Industry (CPI) analysis of UK paper mill raw material usage and H M Revenue and Customs (HM R&C) trade data shows continued progress through 2008 in the recovery of used paper and board products from the UK waste stream for recycling.
The data shows that just over 8.8 million tonnes of recovered paper was either recycled in the UK (45%, 3.99 million tonnes), or exported for recycling overseas (55%, 4.85 million tonnes). Taking away the HM R&C import data for waste paper classifications (around 72,000 tonnes), CPI estimates the collection of recovered paper from the UK waste stream to be just under 8.8 million tonnes.
This paper and board recycling performance represents greenhouse gas savings of almost 11.7 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in comparison to other UK disposal options such as landfill and incineration.
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