The European paper industry has pledged to increase the recycling rate for recovered paper to 76 per cent by 2030. This goal is set out in the new "European Declaration on Paper Recycling 2021-2030", backed by the Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) and other industry associations. "This is an ambitious target and every piece of paper and board bringing us closer to it counts,” commented Annick Carpentier, chair of the European Paper Recycling Council (EPRC).
Last year, a recycling rate of 71.4 per cent, calculated by dividing the recycling of used paper by total paper and board consumption, was achieved in a region encompassing the EU-27 countries plus Switzerland and Norway, according to CEPI....
