Record rate for paper recycling.

The article reports on a survey released by the American Forest & Paper Association (AF & PA) which states that the record rate for paper recycling is 56 percent, exceeding the previous record of 53.4 percent recovered in 2006. According to the firm, which is based in Washington, the data illustrates the 56-percent recovery rate that beats an industry goal of 55 percent by five years which prompts AF & PA to establish a new goal of 60-percent recovery by 2012. The survey shows that 54.3 million tons of paper was recovered in 2007 while a survey on the U.S. capacity to produce paper was down 0.6 percent in 2007.