Quick Facts (FAQ)
What is the Publishers National Environment Bureau?
The Publishers National Environment Bureau (PNEB) is an association
of Australia's leading newspaper and magazine publishers.
What does it do?
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.
Why recycle newspapers and magazines?
Recycling makes sense for the environment. It saves resources, diverts
waste from landfill, saves energy and cuts down on greenhouse emissions.
Click here to learn how much newspaper is diverted from landfill
What is Australia’s current recycling rate?
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.
Click here for information about recycling collection systems in Australia.
What is newsprint?
Newsprint is the paper that newspapers are printed on. Old newsprint
is sometimes referred to as ONP, which stands for “old newsprint”.
OMG stands for “old magazines”.
Is newsprint a sustainable product?
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 (branches
and small trees that are removed from plantations to allow room for
other trees to grow); 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.
What happens to recycled newspapers and magazines?
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.
Click here for detailed information on the use of recovered newspapers
in Australia.
What can I do?
Keep your old newspapers and magazines clean and dry, and recycle them
according to your local council’s instructions. Click
here to find out how to recycle in your area.
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