Will recycled paper packaging take the lead in the future?

​In the market of recycled materials, paper packaging is the largest industry, accounting for about 65% of total recycled packaging. Paper and carton also have the highest recycling rate worldwide.
 
Demand for paper packaging will continue to rise from the needs of Chinese packaging manufacturing economies and other emerging countries. In fact, the overall market for recycled paper packaging will grow rapidly, reaching $ 139 billion in 2018.

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In the US and Canada, recycled paper has grown by 81% since 1990, reaching 70% in the US and 80% in Canada. This figure in European countries has averaged 75%. In particular, some countries like Belgium and Austria were nearly 90%. In England and many other countries in the Western region, the recycling rate of paper is 80%. Eastern Europe and other countries around the world tend to be left behind in the paper recycling movement.

The main reason is due to the lack of standard infrastructure for this recycling industry.
 
Recycled paper accounts for 37% of US pulp supply. The demand for pulp is increasing rapidly in developing countries. China, India and the rest of Asia are the countries with the highest growth in paper use per capita. The increasing trend in the shipping packaging field in China combined with the increasing consumption trend is leading to an increasing demand for paper packaging.
 
Demand for paper packaging in this country has grown at 6.5% since 2008, much higher than any other country in the world. Along with this paper packaging demand, the demand for paper recycling also increased significantly.

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Container packaging (packaging for shipping containers) is considered the largest market for recycled paper packaging. About 30% of offset paper and carton recovered in the US is used to produce container packaging, which is also the material used to produce corrugated paper packaging. A large amount of paperboard is collected for export to China, while the rest is used to produce other paper packaging such as offset carton boxes, recycled paper bags.

What will happen to the paper packaging industry?

It is estimated that demand for recycled paper will exceed 1.5 million tons of recyclable pulp per year by 2018. The paper industry is investing in paper packaging factories in developing countries. developed to meet the growing demand in these areas.
 
In the future, paper packaging is the most obvious choice to replace packaging from polymer materials. Many key players in the packaging industry have turned to or are testing different types of paper products.
 
For example, Starbucks only uses paper cups and is actively involved in paper recycling initiatives including closed-loop systems in certain locations around the world.

Further improvements in paper recycling will also help develop the packaging market, more specifically the recent advances that have made the industry recyclable paper packaging. This will also significantly reduce recycling costs and boost the demand for recycled paper.

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Paper packaging in the food industry

One of the fastest growing markets for recycled paper packaging is the food service market. Although this market represents only a small percentage of the overall recycled paper market (<1%), this percentage is expected to grow faster than the general demand for recycled paper packaging.
 
With an improved economy, the food service market will begin to grow stronger combined with consumer awareness of waste and solid waste, which will increase demand for recycled paper packaging.
   
Companies operating in the food industry are also currently very active in this market, partly due to pressure from the government and partly by the significant increase of environmental protection groups.

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