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UPM recycles all printing paper waste collected at drupa

UPM recycles all printing paper waste collected at drupa

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drupa 2012

UPM is working in close co-operation with Remondis, a leading waste management company. Printed and unprinted waste paper is collected in containers at drupa, transported to Remondis' baling facility and, as bales, to the UPM Hürth mill located close to Düsseldorf, where they will be used as valuable raw material in UPM's paper production.

UPM booth at drupa 2012.

Recycling is an essential part of any environmentally-responsible business and, according to UPM, core to its Biofore strategy. With four million tonnes of recovered paper per year, UPM says it is the world’s largest user of recovered paper in graphic papers. About one third of fibre raw material used in its paper production is recovered paper.

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UPM paper has 23 paper mills in Finland, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Austria, China and the United States. Many of them are large recycling centres and bioenergy producers, as well as paper manufacturers. In 2011, the business group’s net sales amounted to 7.2 billion euros.

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Charlotte Janischewski

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2012-05-10 12:49

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