Grabbing its share. (Paper).Both statistics and forecasts are pointing to increased global use of scrap paper scrap paper n → pedazos mpl de papel scrap paper n → papier m brouillon scrap paper scrap n → , according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. speakers at the Fall Round-Table held by the Bureau of International Recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. (BIR BIR British Institute of Radiology BIR Bureau of Internal Revenue BIR Bureau of International Recycling BIR Baculovirus IAP Repeat BIR Biomedical Imaging Resource BIR Bureau of Intelligence and Research (US State Department) ) in Brussels in late October. Esa Hyvarinen, recycling director of the Confederation of European Paper Industries Confederation of European Paper Industries - CEPI The Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI aisbl) represents the European pulp and paper associations towards the European institutions and has its seat in Brussels, Belgium. (CEPI), hailed the "marvellous achievement" of Europe's recovered paper sector last year in increasing the collection rate against a backdrop of falling paper and board consumption. According to his organization's statistics, collection improved from 43.9 million metric tons in 2000 to 44.7 million metric tons last year, with the collection rate jumping from 52.3 percent to 55.4 percent. Meanwhile, paper and board consumption fell to 80.7 million metric tons last year after reaching 84 million metric tons in 2000. While utilization rates are "very high" in sectors such as packaging, further opportunities to use recovered paper exist in the graphic papers and newsprint newsprint low grade paper used for newspapers. Old newspapers are fed to cattle as an alternative roughage and may occasionally be ingested by dogs. Significant amounts of lead are accumulated in tissues; no cases of poisoning have been recorded in cattle, though it has been sectors. Hyvarinen also noted that "decided and planned" paper and board capacity increases in CEPI countries would entail 4.8 million metric tons of growth in scrap paper utilization. (Additional news on paper markets, including breaking news and pricing, is available at www.RecyclingToday.com.) Paper U.S. Producer Price Index/Mixed Paper September 174.5 October 174.6 November 174.7 December 175.1 January '02 174.3 February 175.3 March 175.8 April 227.1 May 262.2 June 499.6 July 658.8 August 607.4 September 565.8 * Index based on 1982 average prices as 100 Note: Table made from bar graph. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics |
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