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Title: Gretchen Spear, Manager


1
COG Recycling Committee Meeting
  • Gretchen Spear, Manager
  • Recovered Fiber Packaging
  • American Forest Paper AssociationMarch 19,
    2009

2
About AFPA
  • National trade association of the forest products
    industry, representing pulp, paper, packaging and
    wood products manufacturers, and forest
    landowners. 
  • The forest products industry accounts for
    approximately 6 percent of the total U.S.
    manufacturing GDP.
  • Industry companies produce 200 billion in
    products annually and employ more than 1 million
    people earning 54 billion in annual payroll.
  • The industry is among the top 10 manufacturing
    sector employers in 48 states.

3
Paper Bag An Environmental Success Story
  • National Recovery Rate 36
  • Made of Recycled Content
  • Fixture in Community Recycling Programs
  • Compostable and Biodegradable
  • Made from a Renewable Resource
  • Carbon Sequestration

4
Where Are We today?
  • State and Local Legislation Proliferating
  • Many initiatives include both paper and plastic
    bags
  • AFPA opposes legislation that unfairly taxes
    paper bags

5
Why Do We Oppose Legislation?
  • Environmental Record
  • Commitment to Recycling
  • Utilization of Recovered Material
  • Renewability
  • Compostability

6
  • Questions?
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