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1 contact either. Now recently it has come on line more
quantity of materials that we could use in direct food.
2
Q. So was the problem quantity and quality?
3
MR. JUSTICE BELL: Are you saying the problem about 100 per
4 cent?
5 MR. MORRIS: I am trying to identify why this tiny figure of 6
per cent -----
6
MR. JUSTICE BELL: You started your questions by asking why not
7 a 100 per cent.
8 MR. MORRIS: Yes.
9 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I do not know. One answer to that might be
there is bound to be some spoilage, so unless you use less
10 paper each year you cannot possibly get 100 per cent. But
if you want to put a figure which is less than a 100 per
11 cent which, I do not know, at the end of the day, I might
think is rather more realistic than a 100 per cent, do
12 that. If you are just saying 6 is pathetic, then that is
-- are you sticking to 100 per cent?
13
MR. MORRIS: I am trying to see -- well, maybe 100 per cent was
14 being a little bit -----
15 MR. JUSTICE BELL: If I might say so it did sound a little
optimistic
16
MR. MORRIS: But some people are committed to using 100 per
17 cent recycled paper.
18 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You may have distracted the witness by
saying that. If you lower your sights a little, you might
19 get further forward.
20 MR. MORRIS: What I am really trying to establish is what the
problem was; whether the problem was that McDonald's could
21 not get the quality of recycled paper and that was a
problem?
22 A. Quality is certainly an issue. Quantity is also n
issue. When we look at quantity, there simply were not
23 that many recycling mills in the country. There are other
places that sell recycled paper than to McDonald's alone.
24 Those industries were consuming the recycled paper.
Additional mills have come on now, so we have increased
25 our purchases. Perseco has increased the purchases of
recycle content packaging. Now we face an issue that we
26 need to deal with sanitation concerns to make sure that it
is safe direct food contact. Those are the types of tests
27 we are doing now.
28 Q. So, say, for example, I do not know if you know this, but
give an approximate figure, you used 6 per cent recycled
29 paper in 1987?
A. Yes.
30
Q. Seven per cent the following two years; that would only
