Steven Kiernan, printweek.com, 16 November 2007

The Paper Industry Technical Association (PITA) has launched a pilot scheme to create a carbon emissions framework for the UK paper industry.

The Carbon Circles initiative is currently in talks with paper mills to develop a foundation for the scheme, which seeks to measure a plant's "entire carbon footprint".

According to PITA, the average UK paper mill consumes 4,000kWh of electricity per tonne of paper produced, leaving "considerable scope" for energy reduction.

Project manager Barry Read said: "Carbon will definitely go down the same path as quality and environmental standards, such as ISO 9000 and 14001.

"I would love to think this project would lead to a carbon management standard. It could be huge."

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