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Written question asked by Nicholas Winterton (Conservative) on Wednesday, 9 February 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 17 February 2000. It was answered by Chris Mullin (Labour) on Thursday, 17 February 2000 on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.


Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will calculate the proportion of newsprint currently consisting of re-cycled material. - Inc figure.
Answer

Mr. Nicholas Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will calculate the proportion of newsprint currently consisting of recycled material. [110105] Mr. Mullin: According to information supplied by the Newspaper Publishers Association, newspaper publishers in the UK use newsprint containing both virgin and recycled paper in varying proportions, and on average recycled paper made up 52.4 per cent. of the raw material for UK newspapers in 1998.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
344 c644W; 110105
Session
1999-00
Subjects
Newspaper press Recycling Newsprint Standards
Contains statistics
Yes