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Scrap paper market
responds well to challenges
Changing consumer behaviour, greater digitisation, climate protection and the cir-
cular economy pose enormous challenges for the recovered paper industry, paper
insiders heard at the annual BVSE recovered paper conference in Berlin.
The Covid pandemic had affected a
scrap paper market in transition,
according to Werner Steingass, vice-
president of the German recycling
organisation BVSE when he spoke at
the 2022 Altpapiertag event in March.
He condemned the Russian invasion of
Ukraine, fearing the ‘comprehensive,
incalculable negative effects’ of war
would have serious economic conse-
quences for the European economy.
Turning to the pandemic, Steingass
argued the previous 24 months had
shown that the recovered paper indus-
try could adapt to exceptionally diffi-
cult situations. ‘We were able to recog-
A U T H O R Kirstin Linnenkoper
Recovered paper demand is increasing, with Asia accounting for 58% of the growth.
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