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Dioxin fears prompt paper change
Recycling legislation may set standard
By Douglas Fuchs
I nit’/.I'd Conlr.ruj’O'
ihr University Printing lie
p a r t in e n I in Allen 11.111
seart lied fur three months lie
tore finding .1 company th.it
could supply 'll) (Mill sheets ut
100 pen eiit unhle.ii hed re. s
1 led paper
I he i omp.im Ini ated in Hal
tinurre. Maryland imports the
paper from (iermans her.ause
no manufai Hirer evists m the
United States, said Wayne Mer
ritt. superintendent of the
printing department
While punters seal 1 h I he
world tor companies that sup
pl\ high quality uilhlear hed n
i yi led paper most t S corpo
rations are slim to recognize
the demand and remunufui tore
ol used paper fiber into un
bleat lied lei yt led prodm t
sin h as newsprint and paper
for 1 opying machines
While mans t S toipora
turns produce either bleached
recycled 01 unhleai hed fust
use paper no US c omp.im
prodtii es unbleached ret yi led
per '..ml Quincy Sugarman. nr
gamz.er for the Oregon State
1’ulrlu Interest Group in Port
1h ml
Sugarman said I hr use ol
< hlnrine in the blear limn pro
i os., (nr both ret vi led and lust
use paper leaves behind main
dangerous < hemic al In prod
m ts sin li as Dioxin, u Ilirh
i arises < .inter in laboratory am
ma I s
Some Kuropean companies
use hydrogen peroxide instead
of i hlorine in their blear lung
prut.ess. leaving behind no
harmful byproducts. Sugarman
said
I s ( orpuratiuns i omplain
alimil the high i ost ul switi li
mg from chlorine to hydrogen
peroxide, which costs more.
Sugarman said
Hut industry does not pa\
tor the long term costs of
Diox in contaniination she
said
Pam Hiirnett, plant manager
ul the seccind.irs ret yt ling tlivi
sion ot Weyerhaeuser Paper in
I aigene said rei vi ling
bleat lied paper into un
bleached paper products will
not remove the cliemic als used
in the blenching proc ess
The ground wood." filler
left m the paper from the wood
i flips used to manufac lure first
use papei retains "some per
cent" of the c hemic als from the
first tile.idling process. Burnett
said It's .impossible to maim
f.n tore "(Hire" unhleuc lied pa
pel she said
When testing unbleached re
c vi led paper with hvdrochlork
ac id. the paper usually bleeds
red. v\ liich only happens when
the paper contains i hemic als
used to bleach the paper Bur
nett said
1 lowevei Sugarman pointed
out that it the produc t is un
hleac bed, the res vcling process
will not leave behind danger
ous hvpmdut ts.
Unbleached reeve led paper
c an make a woriel of difler
enc e, she said
lei date. Weverhaeuser has
no plans to manufacture un
bleached ret vch*d paper Bur
nett said
• \\ e' re keep i ng in touch
with the market plat e." she
said.
OSPIKC. three Oregon legis
lators and some local govern
ment agencies contend that
onlv government action will
fore e corporations to mnnulac
tore high-cjiialit\ rec yc led
products using old paper, plas
tic and glass
OSPlRCPs Portland branch
introduced a proposed ballot
initiative earlier this year that
would mandate tough recycling
standards on produc t pack
aging.
The (begun Kec yc I ing Ac I.
already supported In Sen Dick
Springer. D-Portland. Rep Car!
llosticka. I)-Kugene and Rep
Ron (lease. D-Portland. would
impose state-wide recycling
standards on prepac kaged
products, requiring goods on
store shelves be packaged in re
i vc lable materials
Also three different federal
bills working their v\a\ through
Congress would mandate the
use of rec ycled fiber 111 domes
tic and imported new sprint ac
c circling to the April edit ion ol
fcVsnim r Kt'i vrlini; A/./ga/nie
Turn to PAPER. Page 5
Copy shops offering unbleached paper
By Carrie Dennett
Customer requests and environmental
com crus have prompted two i ampin area
copy shops tn begin ottering too pen cut re
i \i led untile,ii hed paper
Meat hed papci products ha\c become ,i
concern due to the use ot dioxins in then
produi lion
Uotnestii alls produced paper is taken
from quality white papei th.it has previous
lx been bleai hed meaning that the rei yt led
produi I ai tualh i ontains some bleat h
Kmko's Copies, at HtiO l ast 1 Ith made
the det ision to provide this type ot paper
about one month ago, said assistant mating
er ('liris Murray
It was the type ot situation w here it was
,i great nit',i hut there's only one mill ( ur
nmllv m tin* t'nited States that prfKlur.es
this papm, and in nnifi to got It you have
to work through sinui* organizations, he
said.
kinko's was able to get the paper which
is a i ream color rather than white through
haith lsire 1m a distributor in Wiscon.sin
This paper has been a problem, however
hei arise of limited supply and shipping
costs kinko's and the I'niversitv Printing
Department, located in Alien Hall, are joint
ly purchasing new paper from a mill in tier
many
The two papers are both KM) peri ent ret \
tied unbleached, hut while the domestic
paper still contains some bleat h, the im
ported paper is produced from recycled
newspapers and magazines, whir h were not
meat lit*(I tin* first filin' .irouiui
Murrav said the imported paper. which
resembles newsprint, has been slower to
i .dt h on. lint customers are having it
At the (lampus Copy Center, which is a
satellite operation ot Cniversity Printing
pmfessni requests lor tliis paper have been
low hut is expected to increase, said em
plo\ee hatie hrouliolm
The increased cost of recycled paper has
caused complaints from some customers
Murray said that hinko s is onlv c barging
more for the paper bet ause it ( O.sts more to
supply
hinkos is currentK serv ing as a ft-st site
for first run. new unbleached papei I he
light brow n paper does not come trom re» v
i led products, hut it is completelv dioxin
tree
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