PaperChain welcomes the recent WRAP study “Kerbside Recycling: Indicative Costs and Performance1” which brings balance to the debate around how the UK can bring about significant increases in municipal recyclate recovery whilst maintaining cost and quality control for effective recycling.

The Confederation of Paper Industries and PaperChain have jointly released a new fact sheet, entitled ‘Paper and Cardboard Recycling – Greenhouse Gas Benefits Explained’.

PaperChain is pleased to announce the launch of its new website.
A revised website has been created to allow simple navigation for stakeholders with an interest in the recovered paper industry, and will aid PaperChain in its ongoing campaign to encourage positive recovery methods which support the long term sustainability of the paper and cardboard recycling industry.

PaperChain is unsurprised at the recent confirmation from Joan Ruddock, Minister of State for waste and climate change, that UK Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs) are rejecting almost 10% of their input either at the MRF or recyclers gates.

For a number of years, PaperChain has led the debate on the UK’s need to build a quality management philosophy into its collection and sorting practices for recovered paper, in order to ensure long term sustainable recycling markets. This work has culminated in the production of a Publicly Available Specification (PAS) from the British Standards Institution (BSI).

It is with regret that PaperChain announces its withdrawal of support from the “2007 Recycle Now Week”. PaperChain has actively supported the event, previously called the “Big Recycle”, since its inception in 2004, but feels the campaign is failing to deliver a message that supports sustainable recycling.

PaperChain is pleased to announce its support for the recently launched “Campaign for Real Recycling” and it welcomes the Campaign’s call on Government to support separate material collection systems to maintain high quality recyclate and ensure sustainability.