Paper Recovery Rate
Source: American Forest & Paper Association, May 3, 2018
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) recently announced that 65.8 percent of paper consumed in the U.S. was recovered for recycling in 2017.
“Paper recycling brings continued economic, environmental and social benefits to communities across the country,” said AF&PA President and CEO Donna Harman. “We thank the millions of Americans who choose to recycle every day for their essential contributions to paper recycling’s success.”
“Paper is one of the most successfully recovered and recycled commodities in the U.S. because of our strong, market-driven voluntary system,” said AF&PA Board Chairman and GEC Packaging Technologies CEO John Rooney. “Our industry will continue to support and implement education programs and initiatives that drive awareness and increase access to paper recycling.”
Paper recovery for recycling helps extend the useful life of paper and paper-based packaging products, making it an integral part of the industry’s sustainability story. The industry has a goal to exceed 70 percent paper recovery for recycling by 2020 as part of its Better Practices, Better Planet 2020 sustainability initiative.
U.S. paper recovery rate statistics are available at www.paperrecycles.org/statistics.
For more information about paper recycling and AF&PA’s commitment to sustainability, visit paperrecycles.org.
DTC Webinars - August 14, 15, 22
The Digital Technology Council (DTC) continues their series with these webinars:
Click on the link for each webinar to read more about them.
Cost:
FREE for Association members. Not-yet-members: $39 per Internet connection (you may have multiple people sit in on one connection.)
Please contact your BDD to register to get the Association rate.
Webinars are a valuable training tool and are provided as a FREE education resource to association members. Popular topics include sales and marketing, implementing social media, and aspects of lean manufacturing. Recordings are also made of these webinars for members who cannot participate in the webinar itself.
If you have suggestions for future DTC webinars, contact your BDD or the state office at 888-576-1971. We are interested in learning about your suggestions for future DTC offerings.
To better serve Association members on technology issues, Printing Industries of Ohio • N.Kentucky partnered with other PIA affiliates to launch the Digital Technology Council (DTC). The DTC will be the Association's opportunity to address the latest technology in our industry to ensure that members have access to new, exciting tools and resources helping to shape the future of print.
I know when I travel by airplane, one of the first things that I pick up is the magazine in the holder in front of my seat. It’s always fun to read about a place that I have never been to, cuisines yet to taste or things I would never have thought about purchasing. But one thing that I recently learned about those magazines is how the weight of the paper used to produce those publications actually has a major impact on the cost of fuel.
Lighter Paper, Less Fuel
According to an article in the Los Angeles Times, United Airlines took a look at its in-flight magazine Hemisphere and made a switch to a lighter paper for that publication - a decision that would have a significant impact on the amount of fuel the airline would save.
