1. The term ‘woodfree’ paper means that the paper is not made from trees.
Answer: False
The term "woodfree" means paper that is free from visible particles and substances naturally occurring in wood. These substances cause the paper to yellow with age. Hide Answer
2. The FSC logo and the PEFC logo can be used together to demonstrate compliance with the chain of custody.
Only one of the logos may be used at any one time providing that the substrate conforms the chain of custody requirements. Hide Answer
3. If I buy FSC paper then I can display the logo on my printed products.
A printer must be certified to be able to use the FSC logo. It is not compliant if the paper is certified and the printer is not. The use of the FSC logo can not be displayed on the product unless the entire chain of custody including the printer is certified. Hide Answer
4. Some paper is made from tropical rainforest wood.
There are concerns in some developing countries where native forests have been cleared for commercial plantations of various kinds. Paper is made mainly from softwoods from Northern Forests, with some sustainable Eucalyptus and other fast growing species coming from tropical areas. Hide Answer
4. According to WRAP it is estimated that the following percentage of paper and cardboard is now collected for recycling:
Answer: 55%
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5. The amount of paper and board that is collected for recycling in the UK in 2006 was:
Answer: 8m tonnes
6. Direct Mail can be recycled.
Answer: True
So long as the direct mail or insert does not include lamination then it can generally be recycled. Hide Answer
7. The UK exports more recovered paper than it utilises domestically.
The UK is a nett exporter of recovered paper. This was approximately 4.8m tonnes exported in 2007 compared to just over 4m tonnes used in the domestic market. Hide Answer
8. The recycling of paper and board saves the following amount of CO2 tonnage per annum:
Answer: 10m
9. Of the amount of paper and board that is collected for recycling the following percentage is from newspapers:
Answer: 33%
10. The percentage in volume terms of household waste accounted for by direct mail;
Answer: 2%
11. The value of sales attributed to the UK direct marketing industry:
Answer: £125bn
12. Number of people employed by the direct marketing industry in the UK:
Answer: 886,000
13. The confederation of paper industries (CPI) state that the following percentage of paper used in the UK is attributable to direct mail:
Answer: 4%
14. The following percentage of paper is used in direct mail from recycled or managed resources according to CPI:
Answer: 95%
15. Research by DMIS in 2004 indicates that for every £1 spent on direct mail the following amount is generated:
Answer: £14
16. Number of people employed in the direct mail industry in the UK:
Answer: 182,000
17. In 2006 the total amount of UK consumption of paper and board in tonnes was:
Answer: 13.8m
18. Paper can be recycled the following number of times before the fibres become too short and weak to use:
Answer: 6
19. In 2006 the majority of the UK export of recovered paper and cardboard was to:
Answer: China
20. Currently the UK disposes of the following amount of million tonnes of bio degradable municipal waste in landfills:
Answer: 11.2
21. The amount of million tonnes of bio degradable municipal waste that is deposited in landfills needs to reduced to by 2013 is:
Answer: 7.5m
22. A paper making machine costs in the region of:
Answer: £200m
23. The recovery and recycle target that was achieved by the direct marketing industry was:
Answer: 28%
24. The recovery and recycle target that needs to be achieved by the Direct Marketing industry at the end of 2009 is:
25. Recycled paper is better environmentally than FSC paper.
FSC grade papers produced in the Nordic countries has a lower carbon footprint than recycled papers produced in the UK. The energy used in the UK is primarily generated from fossil fuels but the Nordic countries have high amounts of nuclear and hydro energy. Hide Answer
26. Approximately the following percentage of the worlds forests in 2006 came under the PEFC accreditation scheme:
Answer: 66%
27. FSC also has a recycled label.
To use this label a paper must have recycled content from post consumer waste and be made by an accredited FSC paper mill. Hide Answer
28. It is better to use vegetable based inks for printing.
However there a wide variety of printing processes that utilise different types of inks. Some processes are for longer run printing and it is not possible to always use vegetable based inks. Some shorter run processes also do not use vegetable based inks as it is not possible due to the technology used in the process. Hide Answer