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Paper
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Paper manufactured from wood or plant fibers is recyclable. The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) reports that 56% of paper consumed in the United States during
2007 was recovered for recycling. That number increased from 33.5% in 1990. AF&PA has set a goal for recovery of 60% by 2012.
It is estimated that 80% of U.S. paper mills use recycled/recovered fiber to produce new products. 85% of paper used in mailings comes from replanted forests. End uses for recovered fibers are limited because fiber recovery is costly, fibers cannot be recovered indefinitely, and fibers cannot be
upgraded from their previous end use.
To illustrate this point, approximately 85% of recovered fiber comes from old corrugated containers, old newspapers, or mixed office waste, and the majority of paper produced from recovered fibers are corrugated, paperboards, and tissue.
The latest challenge for the supply of recovered paper is the increasing demand for recovered fibers from foreign sources.
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