Waste and Recycling
Australian Paper is focused on driving materials and resource efficiency as well as the management of final waste materials. Australian Paper is constantly looking at ways to reduce solid waste and promote recycling initiatives.
Our Commitment
Australian Paper is committed to reusing materials to gain the most from our raw resources and assist in reducing our input requirements, as evidenced by programs such as our efficient reuse of water at the Maryvale Mill. Furthermore, we are continually looking for innovative solutions to recycle our waste by-products as well as extending our recycling initiatives.
Encouraging our customers to recycle and reuse paper products is yet another way that we are trying to reduce the effect of our activities. Through the National Packaging Covenant, we have voluntarily developed an action plan to minimise the environmental impacts of packaging waste.
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Our Performance
When it comes to manufacturing paper, we acquire waste papers and de-inked pulp to use as an alternative fibre source to reduce the amount of virgin fibre. In this way, we actively divert waste from landfills and support the sustainable practice of commercial recycling. In addition, using waste papers and cardboard as an input also enables us to produce recycled paper products that meet the needs of our customers.
Through re-processing waste fibre, we diverted approximately 60,000 tonnes of waste away from landfill in 2008/09. This figure includes both the waste paper and packaging that we accept for reprocessing at Maryvale Mill as well as de-inked pulp that we purchased, for use across all Mill sites.
In recognition of our responsibility to reduce the end-life impact of our products, we continue to expand our recycled paper range. In 2006/07 we launched a national TV campaign to promote Reflex Recycled Pure White and in late-2007 Reflex 100% Recycled was launched which remains the only Australian made office paper made from 100% recycled de-inked pulp.
