Waste paper has higher losses during pulping than virgin material, due to the amount of fines and filler in the waste paper. As the content of waste paper increases in the raw material, the amount of losses will go up.
Table 6 - Losses in repulping and processing into paper and paperboard, presents the percentage figures for pulping losses. Though data is scarce, in most of the countries reporting the information, pulping losses are between 10 and 17 percent, with some exceptions probably due to antiquated equipment or poor processing control.
TABLE 6 - LOSSES IN REPULPING AND PROCESSING INTO PAPER AND PAPERBOARD
|
Country |
1999 |
2000 |
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|
Total recovered paper used |
Losses in pulping |
Total recovered paper used |
Losses in pulping |
|||
|
1000 mt |
1000 mt |
% |
1000 mt |
1000 mt |
% |
|
|
Australia1 |
1536 |
185 |
12 |
1602 |
163 |
10 |
|
Austria |
|
|
|
1943 |
|
|
|
Belgium-Luxembourg |
|
|
|
606 |
|
|
|
Brazil |
2416 |
362 |
15 |
2612 |
392 |
15 |
|
Canada |
4953 |
|
|
5027 |
|
|
|
Chile |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Colombia |
340 |
61 |
18 |
426 |
71 |
17 |
|
Czech Republic |
|
|
|
359 |
|
|
|
Denmark |
|
|
|
416 |
|
|
|
Finland |
|
|
|
685 |
|
|
|
France |
|
|
|
5777 |
|
|
|
Germany |
|
|
|
10921 |
|
|
|
Greece |
|
|
|
380 |
|
|
|
Hungary |
|
|
|
317 |
|
|
|
Iraq |
3 |
2 |
48 |
4 |
2 |
51 |
|
Ireland |
|
|
|
47 |
|
|
|
Israel |
243 |
|
|
266 |
|
|
|
Italy |
|
|
|
4620 |
|
|
|
Japan |
17208 |
|
|
18218 |
|
|
|
Mexico |
3392 |
453 |
13 |
3522 |
493 |
14 |
|
Morocco2 |
57 |
6 |
11 |
57 |
6 |
11 |
|
Netherlands |
|
|
|
2414 |
|
|
|
New Zealand |
109 |
126 |
116 |
190 |
31 |
16 |
|
Norway |
|
|
|
329 |
|
|
|
Portugal |
|
|
|
393 |
|
|
|
Romania |
123 |
38 |
31 |
143 |
49 |
34 |
|
Slovakia |
|
|
|
278 |
|
|
|
Slovenia |
246 |
36 |
15 |
250 |
37 |
15 |
|
Spain |
|
|
|
3829 |
|
|
|
Sweden |
|
|
|
1817 |
|
|
|
Switzerland |
|
|
|
1121 |
|
|
|
United Kingdom |
|
|
|
4884 |
|
|
|
United States of America |
35133 |
|
|
36066 |
|
|
|
Venezuela |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Australia data covers July 1998 to June 1999 and July 1999 to June 2000 instead of 1999 and 2000
2 Morocco: figures from 2000 have been estimated
