August 12, 2011
International Paper Cuts Energy Use, Increases Landfilling
International Paper reduced its global energy use from 2007 to 2010, but increased its landfilled solid waste from 2006 to 2010, according to the company’s 2010 Sustainability Report.
Since 2006, IP’s solid waste landfilled has increased by 2 percent per metric ton of production. “This increase resulted from fewer outlets for the beneficial reuse of ash in cement due to the global downturn in the construction industry and the purchase of Weyerhaeuser’s recycling infrastructure, which generated an increased amount of recycling-related reject materials,” the report says.
But during the same….
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