Ireland’s newsprint recycling rate climbs to 89%
Ireland now enjoys one of the highest levels of newsprint recycling anywhere in the world, as the latest annual recycling survey commissioned by the Green Press Partnership (GPP) shows that more than 89% of our newspapers and magazines were recovered and recycled in 2011.
The 2011 survey results, which have been validated by international consultants RPS, show that Ireland’s rate of newsprint recycling has risen from 28% in 2002 to its current level of 89% in just 10 years.
The GPP survey also showed that the amount of newsprint going to landfill reduced by more than 50% in the past 12 months. “When you consider that as recently as 2002, Ireland was recycling just 28% of its newsprint, it shows how much progress we as an industry have made in the area of recycling,” said Enda Buckley, GPP. “This is a wonderful environmental success that really confirms Ireland as a global leader in the field of newsprint recycling. In recycling, 80% is generally considered to be the benchmark for excellence so to have gone beyond that, almost to 90%, is something we can be very proud of”.
“It’s taken a massive collective effort to get this far and with the help of all the publishers who are involved in the GPP, distributors, retailers and of course the millions of newspaper and magazine readers around Ireland, I’m confident we can maintain these high standards in the coming years,” he added.
Magazines Ireland has produced two Recycle Magazines adverts and members are invited to run these advertisements in their magazines. We have created standard size adverts which can be run at any time.
Magazines Ireland Recycle Ad 1 (PDF)
Magazines Ireland Recycle Ad 2 (PDF)
Further information from grace@magazinesireland.ie.
