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Paper & cardboardPp

Wood fibres can move through several products. Collection, pulping and making a new box are separate operations.

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02 / THE PROCESS

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STAGE 1 · HOW THE MATERIAL CHANGES

Fibre

Wood or recovered paper supplies the fibres used in papermaking. A box can contain a mixture of new and recycled fibre.

Comes inTrees and recovered paper
Comes outPulp for paper production
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Wood residues and process water depend on the pulping method.

US EPARecycle BC
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QUESTIONS WORTH ASKING
Does “recycled” mean it becomes another box?

Recovered paper has several possible uses. The BC program lists new packaging, egg cartons, insulation and drywall paper. Its report does not assign a particular collected box to a particular new product.

Recycle BC
Why does the paper leave BC?

A collection system supplies recovered fibre to paper-making markets. Sorting can happen in BC while the mill using the fibre is elsewhere. The end-market table describes that geographic split.

Recycle BCRecycle BC · 2025
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