Processors, Mills Discuss Issues With Scrap Fiber

摘要

There were issues aplenty for three recycling executives to talk about at a roundtable session at the Paper Recycling Conference held last month in Chicago. Quality of fiber is a big one among processors, especially in #8 Old Newspaper (ONP). Al Metauro of Cascades Recovery noted that 6 - 8 years ago, newsprint accounted for 81 percent of its #8 ONP. Today that number is 38 percent, he stressed.