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FAST FACTS: Recovered Paper

Published Monday, September 01, 2003

34,218 million tons of paper were landfilled in 2002, and 47,635 million tons were recovered. Paper and paperboard accounted for 75.9 percent of packaging-material recovery in 2002. Glass accounted for 2.9 percent; metal for 2.6 percent; and plastic for 1 percent. Recovery of old corrugated containers (OCC) rose 4 percent to 23.2 million short tons in 2002. The recovery rate for of OCC approached 74 percent in 2002. 71 percent of old newspapers (ONP) were recovered in 2002. AF&PA has begun adding newspaper inserts in its data because inserts often ...

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