Day 059 - 01 Dec 94 - Page 32
1 A. Yes.
2
3 Q. I am only going to ask you a few questions about this. As
4 you see, it is split up by continent, do you see that?
5 A. Yes.
6
7 Q. Europe, for reasons of convenience, contains Morocco and
8 Turkey which might be thought arguable as well as ordinary
9 European countries. One notices that in Europe, Austria
10 and Germany use paperboard for their sandwich containers,
11 yes?
12 A. Yes.
13
14 Q. You have explained the reason for that, I think?
15 A. Yes.
16
17 Q. Notice in the next column that Sweden also does so; do you
18 know the reason for that?
19 A. Yes, the Swedes support their timber industry. It is
20 as simple as that.
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22 Q. Do different countries have different ways of disposing of
23 their waste? I mean, incineration is one means, is it not?
24 A. Yes, it is. Sweden is probably the strongest market in
25 Europe with incineration. I think 97 per cent of the
26 energy used in Stockholm is derived from incineration;
27 similarly, 75 per cent of the energy used in Switzerland is
28 derived from incineration. On the other hand, you have
29 Germany and Austria whose incineration systems are very
30 antiquated and, therefore, they do not favour incineration
31 and they do have a landfill problem so their objective is
32 to reduce the source of packaging.
33
34 Q. So what do they do? Those two use paper, do they not,
35 Austria and Germany?
36 A. They use paper which is recycled.
37
38 Q. There is another question about this document: One notices
39 that -- I think this is right -- what one might call the
40 old Soviet block countries, Czech Republic, yes, which is
41 fourth down, they are listed alphabetically ---
42 A. Yes.
43
44 Q. Hungary, yes?
45 A. Yes.
46
47 Q. Moscow?
48 A. Yes.
49
50 Q. And Poland in the next column?
51 A. Yes.
52
53 Q. All use wraps, paper wraps?
54 A. Yes.
55
56 Q. Do you know what the reason for that might be?
57 A. Frankly, wraps, cardboard clam shells or polystyrene
58 boxes generally are not available in any of those
59 countries.
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