Norske-Skog is the only Australasian newsprint producer. The company
operates 3 mills in the Australasian region at Albury NSW and Boyer Tasmania and Kawerau
in New Zealand. The company has operations in 11 countries worldwide and is the second
largest newsprint producer in the world.
Prior to the opening of the company’s Albury mill recycling plant
in 1993 all collections of Old Newspapers were exported or used in liner board and
corrugating medium manufacture.
The company’s objective is to procure a long term, cost effective
supply of ONP (Old Newsprint) and OMG (Old Magazine Grades) of suitable quality for the
Albury Mill recycling plant. The company’s commitments, made in conjunction with the
Publishers National Environment Bureau in the National Kerbside Recycling Plan 2000 are:
• 250,000 tonnes per year of collections by 2005
• 74% recycling rate by 2005
• Stable pricing/demand.
In the last financial year in Australia the company collected
approximately 200,000 tonnes, of which 170,000 tonnes was used at Albury and 30,000 tonnes
of ONP (Old Newsprint) was exported.
