HC Deb 05 May 1976 vol 910 cc416-7W
Mr. Ronald Atkins

asked the Secretary of State for Trade what percentage of paper in the United Kingdom is recycled.

Mr. Alan Williams

I have been asked to reply.

In both 1974 and 1975 about 27 per cent of the paper and board consumed in the United Kingdom was made from recycled waste paper. This represented 46 per cent. of the total fibre usage of the home industry in those years.

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