Profiles in garbage: Office paper

Journal Article · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1998 · Waste Age

OSTI ID:599603

Miller, C ^[1]

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1. Environmental Industry Associations, Washington, DC (United States)

The primary markets for recycled office paper are tissue mills, printing and writing paper, and paperboard packaging. Other uses include exports and newsprint. As recently as 1990, more than half of recovered office paper was exported, primarily to paper mills in Pacific Rim countries. This decade has seen an increase in the number of mills using deinked market pulp made from office paper. North American capacity to produce deinked market pulp skyrocketed in the first half of this decade. However, oversupply in the end markets for office paper led to financial problems and shutdown for several of these new mills.

• OSTI ID: 599603
• Journal Information: Waste Age, Journal Name: Waste Age Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 29; ISSN WAGEAE; ISSN 0043-1001
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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MUNICIPAL WASTES
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RECYCLING
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