Q3 Paper Outlook — Beaten to a Pulp

Recommendations Due

It also is expected to recommend courses of action to further work toward resolving the underlying barriers, she adds. The study's conclusions and recommendations are due to be released this month. (For more information, visit www.conservatree.com.)

As was noted earlier, one of the potential barriers is at least the perception that recycled grades cost more. It's understandable that pricing creeps into pretty much every discussion of printing papers, given data such as PIA's recent report that paper typically comprises 20 to 30 percent or more of a printer's sales revenues, depending on printing processes and products.