PAPER RECOVERY PAPER CONVERTERS PAPER CHALLENGES

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PAPER RECOVERY PAPER CONVERTERSPAPER CHALLENGES

• Wim Hoebert
• vice-president FEFCO, Brussels, Belgium

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Converting issues

• more usage of recycled grades (IPP)

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more usage of recycled grades

• sustainability ? legal requirement (IPP)
• increase of recovery rates
• increased demand ? pricing

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The playing field numbers
retail chains
packers/fillers
suppliers
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The playing field power
retail chains
packers/fillers
suppliers
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Pricing

• customers have
• transparency throughout the chain
• (recovered and paper prices Euwid, PPI, etc)
• consequential demand
• price stability long term commitment
• vs.
• shortened cycle ? unpredictability

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Converting issues

• more usage of recycled grades (IPP)
• materials fit for use ? food safety

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Todays world

• People - Social, Safety
• Planet - Sustainability
• Profit - Prices

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Todays world
Safety

• People - Social,
• Planet - Sustainability
• Profit - Prices

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The playing field power
retail chains
food producers
suppliers
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Private sector reactions
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Governmental reactions...
Food problem
Legislative initiatives
Product recalls to avoid public anxiety/outcry
Governments forced to action
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Food safety of corrugated(Council of Europe)
production under GMP-rules
yes
Group I or II
no
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food safety - consequences

• assurance of proper raw materials
• paper making
• box making
• collection ? careful sorting

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Conflicting notions?

• more recycling (IPP)
• ?
• no recycled papers in group I and II
• (Council Resolution)

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Converting issues

• more usage of recycled grades (IPP)
• materials fit for use ? food safety
• traceability of raw materials

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traceability of raw materials

• how far back
• converter ? reel
• papermill ? ??
• storage of data

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Converting issues

• more usage of recycled grades (IPP)
• materials fit for use ? food safety
• traceability of raw materials
• PR convergence

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Challenges in abundancefor the complete paper
chain