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AF&PA Responds to Latest EUDR Proposal

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AF&PA Responds to Latest EUDR Proposal

Today’s U-turn announcement from the EU Commission is detrimental to the transatlantic trade of U.S. pulp and paper products. 
Is a Pizza Box Recyclable?

Recycling Q&A

Is a Pizza Box Recyclable?

Yes, pizza boxes are recyclable. A study found that typical amounts of grease and cheese on pizza boxes are not a problem for paper mills. 
AF&PA Calls on EU to Address Non-Tariff Trade Barriers Following Proposal to Delay EUDR Implementation

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AF&PA Calls on EU to Address Non-Tariff Trade Barriers Following Proposal to Delay EUDR Implementation

AF&PA welcomes a delay and urges the EU to use this period to address more fundamental problems with the EUDR beyond IT system limitations. 
How Much Paper Was Recycled in 2024?

Update in Brief

How Much Paper Was Recycled in 2024?

In 2024, around 46 million tons of paper was recycled. The paper recycling rate was 60%-64% and the cardboard recycling rate was 69%-74%.

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AF&PA Responds to Oregon’s Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act

June 30, 2021
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Heidi Brock issued the following statement in response to the Oregon Legislature passing the Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act (SB 582).
Product Stewardship

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AF&PA Urges Governor Mills to Veto Maine’s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Packaging

June 22, 2021
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Heidi Brock issued the following statement in opposition to the Maine Legislature’s passage of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging (LD 1541).
Product Stewardship

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AF&PA Calls for Veto of Maryland Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS) Legislation

April 15, 2021
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Heidi Brock issued the following statement in opposition to the Maryland General Assembly's efforts to alter the state's definition of qualifying biomass in the renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS).
Energy & Environment
Regulatory Reform

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AF&PA Announces Support for the RECYCLE Act

March 24, 2021
AF&PA Announces Support for the RECYCLE Act
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Heidi Brock issued the following statement in support of U.S. Senators Rob Portman’s (R-OH) and Debbie Stabenow’s (D-MI) and Representatives David Joyce’s (R-OH) and Dean Phillips’(D-MN) introduced legislation, the RECYCLE Act.
Recycling
Product Stewardship

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AF&PA Responds to U.S. Department of Commerce’s Preliminary Rulings in Circumvention Inquiries on Uncoated Paper

February 4, 2021
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Heidi Brock issued the following statement regarding preliminary rulings of circumvention inquires, involving imports of uncoated paper sheeter rolls from Indonesia, Brazil and Australia on existing antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders.
International Trade
Business Impact

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AF&PA Supports U.S. Department of Commerce’s Preliminary Ruling in Circumvention Inquiry on Uncoated Paper From China

November 16, 2020
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Heidi Brock issued the following statement regarding an affirmative and preliminary ruling in a circumvention inquiry, involving uncoated paper sheeter rolls from China on existing antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders.
International Trade
Business Impact
Paper

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AF&PA Opposes New Jersey’s Ban on Paper Bags

November 4, 2020
AF&PA Opposes New Jersey’s Ban on Paper Bags
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Heidi Brock issued the following statement regarding New Jersey’s Paper Bag Ban (NJ Senate Bill 864 / Assembly Bill 1978).
Paper Options
Product Stewardship

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AF&PA Commends EPA on Finalizing New Source Review Project Emissions Accounting Rule

October 22, 2020
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Heidi Brock issued the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) New Source Review (NSR) project emissions accounting (PEA) rule, which was finalized today. 
Air
Regulatory Reform

Update in Brief

A New Paradigm for Preventing Serious Injuries and Fatalities

October 21, 2020
A New Paradigm for Preventing Serious Injuries and Fatalities
The forest products industry, like others, has embraced a new paradigm to help prevent serious injuries and fatalities (SIFs) in the workplace. Safety professionals for many years acted under a paradigm based on the concept of the “Safety Triangle,” which assumed that if minor injuries at the bottom of the triangle were reduced, the more serious injuries at the top of the triangle also would commensurately decline. 
Safety

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AF&PA Urges Governor Murphy to Issue a Conditional Veto on New Jersey’s Paper Bag Ban

September 24, 2020
AF&PA Urges Governor Murphy to Issue a Conditional Veto on New Jersey’s Paper Bag Ban
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Heidi Brock issued the following statement regarding the passage of New Jersey’s Paper Bag Ban (NJ Senate Bill 864 / Assembly Bill 1978).
Paper Options
Product Stewardship

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AF&PA Disappointed in U.S. Department of Labor’s New Notice-and-Access Rule for Retirement Plans

July 27, 2020
The U.S. Department of Labor put a new rule into effect that allows employee benefit plan administrators to use an electronic “notice-and-access” disclosure system, as a default method, which will make it much more difficult for millions of Americans who received critical, paper-based information about their 401k, pension and retirement plan rules.
Paper Options
Paper

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AF&PA Applauds EPA‘s Proposed Boiler Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Rule

July 9, 2020
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Heidi Brock issued the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Boiler Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) proposed rule.
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