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Duke University ** Environmental Defense Fund
Johnson & Johnson ** McDonald’s
The Prudential Insurance Company of America ** Time Inc.
WHITE PAPER NO. 9
ECONOMICS OF MANUFACTURING VIRGIN AND
RECYCLED-CONTENT PAPER
December 19, 1995
1995 Environmental Defense Fund
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Table of Contents
I. INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................1
A. Method of Analysis..............................................................................................................................................1
B. Definitions............................................................................................................................................................2
1. Solid waste management and recycling terminology.......................................................................................2
2. Definitions for specific grades of recovered paper and other materials...........................................................3
II. FINDINGS ..................................................................................................................................6
A. General Findings..................................................................................................................................................7
B. Comparative Production Costs for Virgin Bleached Kraft and Deinked Pulp (see Table 2 and Section IV A, B
& C)..........................................................................................................................................................10
C. Uncoated Freesheet (UCFS) Printing and Writing Papers (Table 3; Section V, A&B) ....................................13
D. Coated Publication Papers (Table 3; Section V, C) ...........................................................................................16
E. Linerboard and Corrugating Medium (Table 4; Section VI, A).........................................................................16
F.