Fig. 7 depicts the energy use and CO2 emissions over the lifecycle
of an ‘average’ ton paper (Dutch paper and board mix) for
different recycling rates. The total average recycling rate in The
Netherlands is approximately 75% (PRN, 2009). Fig. 7 shows that
this indicates an energy use of about 14 GJ/t over the life-cycle. This
is equal to CO2 savings of about 1 tCO2/t paper as compared to no