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Although paper is traditionally seen as a more environmentally friendly material, it still requires significant resources of energy to produce and transport, let alone the space taken up in landfill, so reducing paper and board packaging waste is important. This study covers:
- Recycling legislation and its impact on companies
- Waste legislation broken down by region including North America, EU Europe, non-EU Europe , Middle East, Africa and Asia
- Global schemes for compliance helping you to implement these regulations in your company
Essential reading for:
- Packaging converters
- Brand owners
- Equipment suppliers
- Raw material suppliers
- Analysts and consultants
Contents include
Executive summary
Introduction
- Global paper packaging waste overview
- Paper and board packaging waste legislation by region
- Fibres in paper and board packaging waste
- Company activities
- Manufacturers, importers and distributors
Methodology
- Scope of work
- Methodology
- Definitions
- Abbreviations
Paper packaging waste overview
- Introduction
- Overview of the current wastage in paper packaging
- Recycling legislation and regulations for paper and board packaging
- Key drivers for paper and board waste legislation
- Recovery of paper packaging waste
- Disposal of paper packaging waste in terms of
- Recyclability
- Biodegradability
- Incineration
- Landfill
New developments by region and country
- North America
- Western Europe
- Eastern Europe
- Asia
- Middle East
Paper and board packagingwaste legislation by region
- Regional variations in legislation
- Key legislation - by region
- North America
- EU countries
- Other countries in Europe
- Asia
- Africa
- Middle East
Fibres in paper and board packaging waste
- Introduction
- Waste issues / legislation
- Applicable to paper and board used in packaging
- Packaging papers
- Folding cartons
- Corrugated
- Microflute
Company activity
- Responsibilities of dealing with packaging waste
- Manufacturers
- Importers
- Distributors
- Schemes for compliance with legislation
- Company case studies
Bibliography