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One Country’s Wastepaper is Another Country’s Treasure
article shortened for mass consumption:
“China’s paper industry has built up a massive recycling capacity that is shielding forests worldwide from destruction by supporting a strong international market for wastepaper as an alternative to pulpwood… But the report warns that wastepaper alone is not sufficient to keep up with China’s production demands…”
“In 2006, the US alone sold 8.6 million metric tons of wastepaper to China… Wastepaper is now one of the top U.S. exports to China by volume. … reportedly China’s wealthiest woman—got her start in the business driving around the United States collecting wastepaper from landfills and shipping it to China.”
“Ironically, the high quality of US wastepaper that makes it so attractive to recycling operations in China is due to the fact that most US paper companies manufacture their products with ‘virgin fiber’ derived from timber.”