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Main Title Competitive Implications of Environmental Regulation in the Paper De-Inking Industry.
Author S. Hart ; C. Manson
CORP Author Management Inst. for Environment and Business, Washington, DC.; Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor.; Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.
Year Published 1996
Stock Number PB2012-109434
Additional Subjects Environmental impact ; Paper industry ; Paper recycling ; Paper mills ; Fibers ; Competition ; Market ; Quality ; Prices ; Regulations ; De-inking
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NTIS  PB2012-109434 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
Since 1990, the pulp and paper industry made a significant transition toward the use of recovered fiber, or waste-paper, and by 1995, one-third of North American mills had some recycling capacity, for a broad range of products. World markets, particularly in Asia, were also growing at a rate roughly twice those of virgin fiber. The use of recovered fiber represented a key shift in technology and strategy for the pulp and paper industry; not only did it demand specific changes in process technology, but it required a shift in focus for companies whose strategic expertise had been in forest management and virgin fiber. Recovered fiber use demanded knowledge of a rapidly changing supply infrastructure and a fiber supply of highly variable quality and price.