Paper Demand and Paper Recycling Rate
Demand of paper over the years has grown immensely. Relation between paper and human is something that can’t be changed or separated. This relation has motivated paper and pulp industries to enhance their production as well. Paper is something which is used in every small aspect from packaging, education, communication, marketing, construction etc. Every human nowadays depends upon paper for different day to day activities. According to a report, every year demand of paper is increasing by 2.1 percent as compared to previous year. This immense growth is the major reason for beginning of many new P&P industries. There are different reasons that effect production and demand of paper across different parts of world.
As we all know, demand and supply go hand in hand and so does demand and growth. More demand automatically means more growth. Demand also vary according to regions and area. Regions such as North America, Japan and western Europe have average demand and this is why growth percentage is also moderate. Whereas, Asia and Eastern Europe regions such as India, Russia and china produce more paper due to excessive demand of paper in their region. Apart from this, North America witness lowest growth due to low investment in paper products.
This is how, demand and growth impact each other. As discussed earlier, demand and growth are as similar as demand and supply. So, more demand also witness surge in price which help industries to earn more during that period.
Just like demand and growth, usage of paper is also dependent on region. According to a survey, in U.S. an individual citizen uses 300 kilograms of paper annually. This count however, is different in other countries in developing countries like India this consumption amounts to 4 kilograms per year whereas, in countries like Africa less than one kilogram of paper is used by per citizen. This usage defines the impacts on growth of paper and their prices.
According to the rule of demand and supply, prices are also affected. In a region where growth is more than supply the price will be less whereas in a country where growth is less than demand, prices will automatically witness new heights.
But what are different measures that can help regions like U.S. to meet the demand?
There are numerous ways but recycling is one of the prominent factor that helps an industry to meet the demand of paper.
To meet the demand of growing paper, industries have opted to solution of paper recycling. During paper recycling number of machines are set in an order to recycle the paper that they form a chain. This chain helps an industry save time in the recycling process to meet the demand. Apart from this, this recycling process not only meets the demand but also contribute towards environment. Different gases are emitted during the process of manufacturing and recycling helps to cut of those gases to form a better environment.
Apart from this, recycling also helps to give new shape to waste paper by forming new products that can be used again.
There are different steps of recycling which are
1) Wastepaper is collected from numerous bins around the area and it is escalated to a recycling plant.
2) Different papers are kept in different places according to their material and grade.
3) Paper is washed with water and other soapy material to extract glue, plastic and other material.
4) After this, washed paper is mixed with water in a big container to form it slurry and pulpy.
5) This material is after that sent further to form different products from it.
Recycling rate in different regions
Production of paper and recycling of paper. These both aspects are affected by the demand of the paper. As discussed, citizen of U.S consumes highest number of papers per annum. This is why U.S recycle more than half number of papers. According to a survey, 44 million tons of paper was recycled and recovered by U.S in 2012 which is nearly 65% of total paper produced. In 2010, this percentage amounted to nearly 63.5 percent. This had a huge impact on paper and pulp industries across different parts of world. This change motivated other parts of the world as well.
The European paper council shared a report in which they stated that nearly 71.7 percent of paper is recycled by them per year. They also stated that however, paper consumption rate decreased but recycling rate still witnessed hike. In 1998, Europe recycled nearly 58 million tones of paper. This made a huge impact on other industries and this also made Europe, champion in paper recycling industry.
To conclude, this is quite obvious to say that, P&P industries have witnessed growth drastically in last few decades. One of the main reasons for this change is liberalization. Different regions of the world are using paper in different ways according to their requirement and need. Balaji chem solutions completely understand your requirements and this is why we are providing same quality paper since many years. Moreover, recycling paper is one major aspect that we focus on and we make sure every single step is done under the supervision of experts with full attention and enthusiasm.
