A TIME OF CHANGE

摘要

Participants in the Paper Division's discussion on recovered fiber markets questioned the wisdom of China's new and planned import restrictions, which "have a detrimental effect on its own market," Baxi said. China hopes to replace imports with 15%-20% more domestic collection of recovered fiber, said Jean-Luc Petithuguenin, CEO of Paprec Recyclage (Paris) and Paper Division president, but he thinks 3%-4% growth is more likely because the informal collection network is already very efficient. Alternatively, replacing imported recovered fiber with virgin pulp would contradict China's stated goal of reducing pollution, pointed out Francisco Donoso, managing director of ALBA Servicios Verdes (Madrid), because "virgin pulp consumption produces more pollution than recycled fiber consumption."