Sep 28, 2006. /Lesprom Network/. Europe is already the global champion in paper recycling with a regional rate of 55.4%, higher than either Asia or America, but today the industries along the paper value chain raised the bar with the launch of the ‘European Declaration on Paper Recycling’ and an ambitious new target, CEPI reported. The European sectors have now joined forces with the common goal of further increasing Europe’s recycling rate to 66% by 2010. The new target would mean that some two tonnes of paper is recycled in Europe every second. The Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) is a non-profit-making organization, representing 17 member countries (15 European Union member states plus Norway and Switzerland) and through its member countries, some 850 pulp, paper and board-producing companies across Europe, from small and medium-sized enterprises to multinationals.