A longer paper trail.The Recycling Today Media Group's European Paper Recycling Paper recycling is the process of recovering waste paper and remaking it into new paper products. There are three categories of paper that can be used as feedstocks for making recycled paper: mill broke, pre-consumer waste, and post-consumer waste. Conference, which recently concluded in Barcelona, brought together participants from 15 different nations, but that only tells half of the story. Included among the attendees were brokers representing recovered fiber-consuming mills from well beyond Europe, with buyers seeking material for mills in China, India, Indonesia and other Asian nations. Much as with the Paper Recycling Conference that takes place in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. each year, attendees of the European event have business to discuss that is local, regional and, increasingly, global. The global economy is often presented as a world of opportunity. But for recyclers and paper mill companies alike, the opportunity often intrudes as a set of threats and challenges. Paper mills in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). and other regions with a surplus of scrap paper scrap paper n → pedazos mpl de papel scrap paper n → papier m brouillon scrap paper scrap n → were created with or developed business models that were dependent on the ability to procure their fiber within a radius that would minimize freight costs. Many recyclers, too, also established their businesses in geographic locations that provided affordable freight to nearby mills. North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. readers are familiar with the number of mill closings in the past 10 years that have disrupted that relationship. A presenter from the United Kingdom at the European Paper Recycling Conference informed attendees that, similarly, some 36 mills have closed in that nation in the past six years. That nation is now exporting more scrap paper than it consumes. Proximity made sense and can continue to make sense for mills and suppliers. However, relying on home town loyalty alone can be a mistaken business assumption. Just ask makers of American-branded automobiles, who continue to see their market share shrivel. Trying to retain dominance in a regional market is proving increasingly difficult in a global economy. For those involved, the challenges are very real, and many of the opportunities that exist may involve lengthening lengthening (lengkˑ·the·ning), n the use of various massage or muscle energy techniques to relax and stretch muscle and connective tissue. the paper trail from collection point to mill. |
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