Concern Over Environmental Impact

摘要

There is a concern in Japan that excessive use of recovered paper will have environmental impact, according to Japan Paper Association. Because of this, it says some companies have reportedly announced that they will stop manufacturing fully recovered paper based products. Recovered paper accounts for approximately 60% of total raw material consumption. For recovered paper, it is highlighted that the gap between the utilization rate - a ratio of recovered paper consumption to total raw material consumption - and the recovery rate of recovered paper has increased since 2001. "This is because recovered paper exports have been rapidly increasing since 2001, which led to the growth of recovery rate, and the government policy to support recycling has also brought the increase in recovered paper recovery," says the association in its report on Economic and Pulp/ Paper Business Condition in Japan.