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ATTENTION ALL SKIERS!

@ ° Wayne
; GRANT BOTTO a The GROUSE MOUNTAIN TYEE SKI CLUB is having its
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CANADA PRODUCES
over 30 per cent of the
world’s newsprint, but less
than two per cent of the
world’s recycled newsprint.

B.C. alone produces over six
per cent of the world’s newsprint,
and no recycled newsprint at all.
As world demand for recycled
newsprint increases dramatically,
Canada lags behind.

Pve heard from Canadian
newsprint manufacturers that the
demand just isn’t there, that de-
inking is too expensive, wages are
(oo high in a recycled plant, and
that recycled newsprint is an infe-
tior product.

‘Right now there aren’t enough
newspapers in the Lower
Mainland to make recycling
viable,’ says Scott Alexander
from MacMillan-Bloedel. And he
adds that ‘tmaking newsprint
from virgin fibre is much
cheaper.”’

Although at last there is a de-
inking plant scheduled for B.C.,
there are already 267 such plants
in operation worldwide.

I recently visited the Golden
State Newsprint plant in Pomona,
California, to view their produc-
tion facility. Pomona is about 50
kilometres east of downtown Los
Angeles, a pleasant little town by
California standards, with
Eucalyptus trees, fruit orchards,
and reasonably fresh air.

The Golden State Newsprint
plant produces 135,000 tonnes of
‘100 per cent recycled newsprint
annually, and according to
spokesman Ron Osborne they
have no difficulty selling
everything they produce.

I asked him about objections |
had heard, virgin fibre being
cheaper, lack of demand, cost of
de-inking and the quality of the
product.

‘*Well,’’ he said, *‘there is cer-
tainly no lack of demand. We get
calls every day from people look-
ing desperately for a recycled
product. And we can produce a
product that is equal in brightness
to virgin paper, and we can pro-
duce it at a competitive price.”’

Golden State sells its 30-pound
recycled newsprint at $630 per
tonne, in line with prices for
virgin newsprint.

Although the recycling process
does tend to weaken the fibre, the
newsprint is comparable in
strength to virgin paper and
capable of being used on any
modern printing machine. If
strength is an issue, then a blend-
ed product, perhaps 50 per cent
recycled, would give extra
strength.

“The notion that virgin fibre is
cheaper is not true any more,”*
says Osborne. ‘‘As recycling
becomes more popular, the used
newsprint becomes cheaper. State
governments and municipalities
here are legislating and organizing
recycling, so the price comes
down. And the technology for
de-inking and removing the
plastics is available, and getting
better and cheaper."’

De-inking and recycling
newsprint is certainly a booming

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after 6:00 pm.

THE GOOD EARTH

industry throughout most of the
world,
In 1975 there were 120 plants
producing 2.3 million tonnes of
product. Ten years later, by 1985,
there were 230 plants producing
seven million tonnes.
Making newsprint from recycled
fibre is simply a process of re-
pulping the fibre, de-inking it and
cleaning it.
At Golden State Newsprint the
newsprint is de-inked in huge
flotation tanks. A soap solution
and air bubbles are injected
through the bottom of the tank
and rise up through the pulp, col-
lecting ink particles into a froth
on the surface.
This froth is skimmed off, and
the pulp is then ready for final
cleaning.
Finer ink particles are filtered
gut, and a final hydrogen perox-
ide bleaching gives the pulp its
necessary brightness. The
hydrogen peroxide, which breaks
down into oxygen and hydrogen, , :
is environmentally benign. When you purchase home insurance from BCAA,

Golden State Newsprint has an- . ’ i i ¥ °
nual gross revenues of around $85 7 you re getting the peace of mind we've grown famous for.

mitlion. 1 asked Ron Osborne if it You know you can count on good coverage and
was financially viable, | little extras that really make a difference.

‘*We do very well,”’ he says.
**Wages are not appreciably : ; _
higher in a recycling plant, the 7 ; : seo AaT re \ hI/ AD FE 7 : .
technology is simpler, and because -NOW WITH NEW FEATURES AND NO INCREASE IN PREMIUMS..
there is less bleaching to do we " "
produce much less environmental Is your home five years old or newer? If so, you may qualify for a

roblems.”* . fs . .
P Why. then, are B.C. and 15% discount off your premium. If you already insure your home with

Canada lagging so far behind the 7 BCAA, we'll be happy to grant you this same discount. Plus, BCAA’s
rest of the world? \ Home Insurance now automatically covers the contents of your home for

l asked Stuart Belkin, president hates ,
of Vancouver's Newstech, t he . an amount equal to the value of the building itself. That's better

company proposing a de-inking coverage than you'll find with most other insurance policies.
plant for Coquitlam.

“We're basing our pulp in- . COMPARE OUR RATES
dustry on virgin fibre,’’ says Policy BCAA Honicowner's Your

Belkin. ‘‘We need better legisla- Insurance .
tion to encourage recycling and to Value Premium’ Premiums Take a moment and compare the
cost of BCAA Home Insurance

require recycled products. : d

California law requires recycled ; to that of your present policy.

content in newsprint, and they are : . Then talk to your BCAA

programs. B.C. recycles 30 per 140,000 274 Insurance Agent for more

cent of its newsprint, Alberta 15 information.

per cent. Oregon recycles 70 per * Rates are for homes five years old or

cent.” newer. Other discounts or restrictions
To date, Canada has been a may apply. Please see your BCAA Insur-

world leader in newsprint produc- - ance Agent for further information.

tion. To maintain that position we .

will have to move forward with
the times, and that means recycl-

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