The European project, which evolved from a commitment on separate paper collection in the European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials, aims to increase the separate collection of paper for recycling and to promote appropriate schemes to avoid landfilling and incineration. It focuses on countries with below average paper recycling rates such as Bulgaria, Poland and Romania as well as countries where paper from households, small shops and offices is often collected in a commingled stream with other recyclables like in France and the UK. The participants started discussing the existing schemes as well as indicators to define best practice separate collection schemes.
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