Paper Recycling: Rising Volume, Growing Importance

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Paper Recovery as a Percentage of Paper and Paperboard Production

Between 1970 and 1994, worldwide paper recovery rates rose from 23 percent to 37 percent; at the same time, many countries have achieved considerably higher recovery rates. For more information see http://www.wri.org/trends/paperwk.html.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT Statistical Database. Available online at: http://www.fao.org (FAO, Rome, 1997).