The report reviews key issues, starting with the roughly 4 percent of the 23 million tons of paper made for printing and writing that went into book paper in 2006. It defines the term “recycled” and requirements for crediting the percentages of recycled fiber used in printing a book. It also addresses definitions and uses of post-consumer, pre-consumer and recovered waste, and classification of book returns.
Eugene G. Schwartz is editor at large for ForeWord Reviews, an industry observer and an occasional columnist for Book Business magazine. In an earlier career, he was in the printing business and held production management positions at Random House, Prentice-Hall/Goodyear and CRM Books/Psychology Today. A former PMA (IBPA) board member, he has headed his own publishing consultancy, Consortium House. He is also Co-Founder of Worthy Shorts Inc., a development stage online private press and publication service for professionals as well as an online back office publication service for publishers and associations. He is on the Publishing Business Conference and Expo Advisory Board.
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The report reviews key issues, starting with the roughly 4 percent of the 23 million tons of paper made for printing and writing that went into book paper in 2006. It defines the term “recycled” and requirements for crediting the percentages of recycled fiber used in printing a book. It also addresses definitions and uses of post-consumer, pre-consumer and recovered waste, and classification of book returns.
Eugene G. Schwartz is editor at large for ForeWord Reviews, an industry observer and an occasional columnist for Book Business magazine. In an earlier career, he was in the printing business and held production management positions at Random House, Prentice-Hall/Goodyear and CRM Books/Psychology Today. A former PMA (IBPA) board member, he has headed his own publishing consultancy, Consortium House. He is also Co-Founder of Worthy Shorts Inc., a development stage online private press and publication service for professionals as well as an online back office publication service for publishers and associations. He is on the Publishing Business Conference and Expo Advisory Board.