The FAO Advisory Committee on Pulp and Paper created a Sub-group on Waste Paper Terminology to define the terms to be used by FAO to describe waste paper recovery and utilization. The two changes made concern the terminology and apply to waste paper utilization rate and waste paper in fibre use rate, which have been renamed recovered paper utilization rate and recovered paper in fibre use rate, respectively. The following rates are used in this survey:
a) Waste paper net recoveryThe definitions of the rates are given below:
b) Adjusted waste paper net recovery
c) Recovered paper utilization
d) Recovered paper in fibre use
a) Waste paper net recovery rate is the amount of waste paper collected for re-use as a percentage of the adjusted paper and paperboard consumption;(Note: the adjusted paper and paperboard consumption is equal to the apparent consumption of paper and paperboard plus the net trade in converted paper and paperboard products, excluding printed materials.)
b) Adjusted waste paper net recovery rate is the amount of waste paper collected as a percentage of the adjusted paper and paperboard consumption from which the non-recoverable paper and paperboard is deducted;
c) Recovered paper utilization rate is the amount of recovered paper used for paper and paperboard as a percentage of paper and paperboard production;
d) Recovered paper in fibre use rate is the amount of recovered paper used for paper and paperboard as a percentage of the total fibre used for paper and paperboard.
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NOTE The figures reported in this survey are the ones supplied by
countries. As is apparent from some figures in the tables (consumption of
recovered paper without any relation to paper production, unrealistic
percentages, etc.), there is some misunderstanding in the definitions, and
readers are urged to use caution when interpreting data for some
countries. |
