German recovered paper imports down one third in the first half of the year

2022 was a challenging year for Italy’s paper recycling sector, too. Energy prices reached unprecedented levels in the first half of the year, in particular, which was followed by a second half with weak consumption and dwindling demand for paper. These factors also left their mark on the amount of recovered paper...

Significantly less recovered paper was generated in Germany last year. The arisings of 13.2 million t in 2022 were 9 per cent lower than in the previous year, according to the recent figures published by the paper industry association Die Papierindustrie. Since reaching nearly 15.4 million t in 2015, recovered paper...

Germany imported almost 5.2 million t of recovered paper last year, 4 per cent less than in 2021. According to figures from Germany’s Federal Statistical Office Destatis, monthly imports initially increased until July 2022 to peak at a record 470,000 t but then plummeted following the abrupt fall in demand in the paper...