New Declaration on Paper Recycling

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New Declaration on Paper Recycling
ALL DATA NON-PUBLIC TILL END OF SEPTEMBER 2006

• Stakeholder Meeting 28 June 2006

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Results from 2005 Recycling Rate

• The Recycling Target 2005 was 56 (/- 1,5
  points).
• The Recycling Rate 2005 was 55,4.
• ? The European Declaration on Paper
  Recovery is a success.
• Excluding Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and
  Slovakia (original scope) the Recycling Rate 2005
  would reach 55,9 .

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Results from 2005 Recycling Rate
Historical Development CEPI 1998 2005
Base year for the monitoring
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Calculation for the 2010 target

• The calculation method has been revised
• Utilisation of recovered paper in Europe (old
  calculation method)
• Net Trade of Recovered Paper to third countries
  (additional)
• In line with Community legislation (mutatis
  mutandis)
• More informative to non-professionals
• The number of countries has been increased
• 25 EU-countries
• Bulgaria Romania
• Norway Switzerland
• Adding up to 29 European countries

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Calculation for the 2010 target

• Factors favouring an increase of recycling level
• Increasing use of RP in paper manufacturing. E.g.
  all new newsprint and containerboard investments
  are based on recovered paper
• General opinion positive towards recycling
• RP exports to outside Europe increases the rate
• Collection activity and volumes in the new
  EU-countries and Bulgaria and Romania are
  expected to grow fast due to low present level
• Collection potential is increasing with packaging
  material imported together with goods
• Active industry role to advocate collection
• Wider participation in new Declaration.

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Calculation for the 2010 target

• Factors limiting the increase of the recycling
  level
• Possible increasing incineration and use for
  energy production (high energy prices and
  subventions)
• In some countries the collection has already
  reached high, and further growth is unavoidably
  slow
• RP utilisation in other uses not controlled by
  signatories to the declaration (it is not
  accounted for and such data not available)
• Inefficient collection and sorting practises
  leading to deteriorated quality and unsuitability
  for recycling (main decisions in the hands of
  local authorities)

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New Declaration on Paper Recycling

• CEPI Board adopted (9 June) a commitment for the
  new Recycling target to be reached by the end of
  2010
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• This figure will be made public at the end of
  September 2006.

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Calculation for the 2010 target
Using new target scope ? This figure will be
made public at the end of September 2006