Big News on the “Green” Front

According to Peter Olson, chairman and CEO of Random House worldwide, the paper initiative will be a multimillion-dollar investment.

Jeff Rechtzigel, the company’s vice president of supply chain operations, explains, “As we achieve our recycling goals, we will see an increase in our paper costs. This increase will vary by paper grade and by mill because adding recycled content often adds steps to the paper-making process, such as acquiring and de-inking post-consumer waste,” he says. “Based on the mix of papers that we use and conversations with our mill partners, we estimate this to be a multimillion-dollar investment. Over time, we expect increasing book industrywide commitments to papers with recycled content will help fuel the evolution of mills, processes, and technologies that are most efficient at incorporating recycled fiber, which will limit the difference in cost.” ―