The industry papelera Spanish recycled in 2013 1,2% more than paper and cardboard

The industry papelera Spanish recycled in his factories 5.130.200 tonnes of paper and cardboard used in 2013, what supposed 1,2% more than the previous year, according to data of the national Association of manufacturers of Pasta, Paper and Cardboard (Aspapel). The tax of recycling (volume of paper that the industry recycles regarding the total consumption of paper) grows in 2013 more than two points until situating in 84,5%: by each 100 kilos of paper that consume the industry papelera recycles 84,5 kg of paper used.

This big capacity recicladora of the industry papelera Spanish (of more than five million tonnes) allows to guarantee sobradamente the recycling of all the paper and cardboard used to recycle that it collects in our country, that in 2013 was of 4.251.500 tonnes (70% of the paper that consume), with a descent of 6,6% regarding the previous year.

Like consequence of the prolonged economic crisis, the consumption of paper has chained several years of descents until situating to levels of 1998. With a consumption of similar paper to the of fifteen years backwards could think that the paper used collected to recycle would suffer a similar descent; however, we collected in 2013 60% of paper used to recycle more than in 1998. Data that are proof of the efficiency of the systems of collected and the strong rooting in the citizenship of the habits of recycling.