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virgin material. Both were made in a mill (once) and both are now recycled again (potentially many times). And now for the unintended consequences of push- ing 100 percent post-consumer content. If a company or a government specifies only 100 percent post-consumer content, what’s going to happen? Some suppliers may be able to produce only 100 percent post-consumer content, but who’s going to verify it? Those off-cuts mentioned ear- lier will still be coming to a paper recycling mill from other customers. What’s the mill or converter supposed to do with them now? Dump them? That would not exactly meet the ideals of a circular economy now, would it? And what about a mill tempted to add just a little bit of pre-consumer to the mix? Who will know, except the mill? There are also physical limitations of the material to bear in mind. Wood fibres, for example, can only be re- cycled between four and nine times before they become too short and thin to be used again. So, if all paper was required to be 100 percent recycled content, it wouldn’t be too long before you couldn’t make paper at all. An infusion of virgin fibre is always required somewhere in the system to keep the whole recycling loop going. So, what’s the solution? By all means specify a recy- cled content number, but give the industry the flexibility to meet the target by not specifying how much should be
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