The life, death and rebirth of a paper

THE LIFE, DEATH AND REBİRTH OF PAPER NEWSPAPER 120.000 REGISTERED RECYCLERS IN BEIJING RECYCLING BIN In 2011 Chinese paper makers imported about NEWSPRINT 127.28 PAPER COLLECTOR Goes around town collecting million tons of waste paper, mainly from the United States, Europe and other regions, according to China Paper Association. more paper from bins TON OF WASTE PAPER CAN SAVE: NEWSPRINT 10 3m 1.2 300 600 PAPER-MAKING MACHINE tons of water tons of coal of timber kg of chemicals kWh of energy THE RECOVERY RATE FROM 2011 CHINA'S RECOVERED PAPER MARKET GROWTH 43.5 44.59% China Unit: million tons COMMUNITY RECYCLING CENTER million tons of waste paper 260% domverein 2011 71 45% THERMOMECHANICAL AND AND RECYCLED PULP MIX 57% 7.6 World world China 1994 2011 70 million tons world recovered paper demand 62% of its total pulp was recycled, or 56.6 million tons CLEANING AND FINE SCREENING PAPER SENT TO COLLECTION CENTERS WHERE IT IS SEPARATED SEPARATED PAPER IS TAKEN TO PROCESSING PULP PLANT GUILLERMO MUNRO / CHINA DAILY