PNEB

Publisher National Enviornmental Beareau

The Publishers National Environment Bureau (PNEB) is an association of Australia's leading newspaper and magazine publishers.

Since 1990, the PNEB has been working to promote the sustainable recovery of old newspapers and magazines. Its proactive approach includes implementing industry changes, championing more efficient collection services, and raising public awareness about the importance of recycling.

In 2005, Australians used 786,000 tonnes of newsprint and 75.4% of this paper was recovered for recycling, giving Australia the highest newspaper recycling rate in the world.

Yes. Australian made newsprint contains 20-40% recycled fibre from old newspapers. The rest is wood fibre which comes from waste products of the timber industry: sawlog offcuts; forest thinnings; plus the residue when a plantation is harvested to produce wood for housing and construction. All wood fibre is sourced from sustainably managed timber plantations.

Every year, 100,000 tonnes of recovered newspapers and 60,000 tonnes of magazines are de-inked and processed into new newsprint at the new Norske Skog recycling plant in Albury, NSW. The rest - about 490,000 tonnes - is used in cardboard manufacture, exported for newsprint production, or recycled into an array of other paper products, such as home insulation, egg cartons and kitty litter.

The Bureau has been able to help lift Australia's newspaper recycling rate from 28% in 1990 to 75.4% in 2005