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Reducing Waste

To save resources and reduce waste, our newspaper publishers have established waste reduction measures within their own plants to reduce the amount of newsprint used in the production of newspaper. Some of these measures include:

reducing the basis weight of the newsprint;
increasing the size of the paper reels to reduce the waste which occurs when changing to a new reel;
improved transport methods which reduced the damage to reels; and
monitoring of circulation trends to reduce the number of unsold copies.

In addition, Australian newsprint manufacturer Norske Skog has improved transport and handling methods, which has reduced the damage to reels, thus reducing paper wastage.