Aug 04, 2011. The forest products industry has been a leader in recycling, nearly doubling our paper recovery rate over the last 20 years to 63.5% in 2010. Coupled with the renewable nature of the raw material, recovering paper for recycling helps extend the life of paper and paper-based packaging products and is an important part of the industry’s sustainable practices, said AF&PA.
American Forest & Paper Association endorses senate resolution to promote recycling across the country
Aug 04, 2011. /Lesprom Network/. American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) endorses US.Senate Resolution 251, introduced by U.S. Sens. Tom Carper (D-DE) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME), which expresses “support for the improvement of collection, processing and consumption of recyclable materials throughout the United States”, AF&PA said in a statement.
The forest products industry has been a leader in recycling, nearly doubling our paper recovery rate over the last 20 years to 63.5% in 2010. Coupled with the renewable nature of the raw material, recovering paper for recycling helps extend the life of paper and paper-based packaging products and is an important part of the industry’s sustainable practices, said AF&PA.
AF&PA’s endorsement is announced in conjunction with the Recycling Roundtable, an advocacy group that also includes The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, the Steel Recycling Institute, the Aluminum Association, the Glass Packaging Institute, the Solid Waste Association of North America, the National Solid Waste Management Association, and the Paper Recycling Coalition.
