Infographic: Cost of EU regulations on European paper industry

Infographic: Cost of EU regulations on European paper industry

A European Commission study on our sector has revealed that over the past 10 years, direct regulatory costs have more than tripled. On average, direct and ETS-related indirect regulatory costs have absorbed more than 40% of the industry’s annual profitability since...

Tripling of direct costs on the European paper industry impedes Europe’s investment potential

“The time has come for a regulatory reset for the paper industry bringing investment back to Europe” says Sylvain Lhôte, CEPI’s Director General A European Commission real-time study on our sector has revealed that over the past 10 years, direct regulatory...
Stakeholder’s discussion paper on “2050 Roadmap to a low carbon bioeconomy”

Stakeholder’s discussion paper on “2050 Roadmap to a low carbon bioeconomy”

The European forest fibre and paper industry envisions itself at the forefront of a climate-friendly bioeconomy in which renewable raw materials are replacing fossil resources and are “kept in the loop”, contributing to a better environment and quality of life....
ERPC Monitoring Report 2015

ERPC Monitoring Report 2015

Summary: Since 2000, the European paper value chain has demonstrated its commitment to the two-fold aim of increasing recycling rates and joining efforts to remove obstacles hampering paper recycling in Europe. Consistent with this, in 2011, the signatories of the...

Novel bio-based products from side streams of paper and board production

The paper and board production process, especially when carried out with paper for recycling as the raw material, leads to the generation of large amounts of side streams, mainly sludges, rejects and process water. The main two outlets for the European paper and board...
Paper recycling chain exceeds its voluntary commitment

Paper recycling chain exceeds its voluntary commitment

European Paper Recycling at 71.5% in 2015 The paper recycling rate in Europe reached an impressive 71.5% as announced by the European Recovered Paper Council (ERPC) in their final monitoring report for 2015. Compared to 2010, collection and recycling has increased by...