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Challenges and Opportunities for Paper Recycling in the EU Paper Sector

This paper explores the main challenges faced by the EU forest-based industries in paper recycling and offers potential solutions for overcoming these challenges. It also discusses ongoing and future actions to promote competitiveness and sustainability in the industry.

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Challenges and Opportunities for Paper Recycling in the EU Paper Sector

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  1. Paper Recycling: Challenge and Opportunity for the Paper SectorPaper Week-Open Seminar: Wasted Opportunity? November 30, BrusselsMaría Gafo Gómez-ZamalloaUnit Forest-based Industries

  2. Outline 1. The main challenges for the EU Forest-Based Industries 1. The main challenges for the EU Forest- Based Industries 1. The main challenges for the EU Forest- Based Industries 2. How to overcome the challenges? 3. Ongoing and Future Additional Actions

  3. 1. The main challenges for the EU Forest-Based Industries • Cost and availability of virgin and recovered raw materials: wood, chemicals, recovered paper… • Evolution of energy/transportation costs • Evolution of the environmental framework in the EU and globally • Structural adaptation to a changing demand • Permanent technological and innovative update

  4. Average Weighted Cost Structure of Paper & Board GmbH/S.A./Ltd./etc. (data from 3Q2004 for CEPI ) Source: Jaakko Pöyry Consulting

  5. Outline 1. The main challenges for the EU Forest-Based Industries 1. The main challenges for the EU Forest- Based Industries 2. How to overcome the challenges? 2. How to overcome the challenges? 3. Ongoing and Future Additional Actions

  6. 2. How to overcome the challenges? • Paper and Board Sector: Opportunity to be Competitive and Sustainable • Authorities and industry act together towards this goal • A new and broader commitment by the paper industry, recycling sector and other related stakeholders is needed.

  7. 2. How to overcome the challenges? • Advisory Committee on Community Policy regarding Forestry and Forest-based Industries: WG on Paper Recycling: • Current developments in EU Waste Policy • European Declaration on Paper Recovery • Paper recycling: latest developments and remaining issues • Discussion about a future commitment on behalf of the industry • Welcome and support the initiative from the Industry to put in place a new –broader- commitment

  8. Outline 1. The main challenges for the EU Forest- Based Industries 2. How to overcome the challenges? 3. Ongoing and Future Additional Actions 3. Ongoing and Future Actions

  9. 3. Ongoing and Future Actions New Communication on Industrial Policy: • Improve the framework conditions for manufacturing industry and ensure the consistency of policy areas. • Deepening and supplementing the framework for industrial policy taking into account the characteristics of individual industry sectors (including the forest-based industry) • High Level Group on Competitiveness, Energy and Environment • New Communication on Forest-based Industries

  10. 3. Ongoing and Future Actions HLG on Competitiveness, Energy and Environment • Promote sustainability and competitiveness in manufacturing industry • Further a greater coherence in environment and energy policies • Partnership with all stakeholders, strengthening Better Regulation • Scope: complex interaction between competitiveness, energy and environment

  11. 3. Ongoing and Future Actions New Communication on Forest-based Industries in 2006 • Cumulative incidence of measures, specially energy and environment • Challenges for the Forest-based Industries • Measures to improve the competitiveness of EU forest-based industries

  12. 3. Ongoing and Future Actions R&D + Innovation • Forest-sector Technology Platform www.forestplatform.org

  13. Thank you for your attention!

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