Day 062 - 06 Dec 94 - Page 37
1 think about where we have got to until 2 o'clock.
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3 MR. MORRIS: I think that is all with the Manchester recycling
4 plant.
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6 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Very well. 2 o'clock.
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8 (Luncheon Adjournment)
9 2.00 p.m.
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11 MS. STEEL: I wanted to ask about when the various changes were
12 made with regard to recycled content in the packaging?
13 A. Yes.
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15 Q. What do you know about the recycled content of paper bags,
16 when they changed, when that was changed and what
17 percentages of recycled material were in the bags at what
18 period?
19 A. When we joined the system the recycled content was
20 50 per cent.
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22 Q. Sorry, was that 1991?
23 A. That was 1991, and in 1991 the percentage changed to
24 80 per cent.
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26 Q. Is that the 60 to 80 per cent?
27 A. 60 to 80 per cent which I reported, which at this point
28 in time I am not 100 per cent certain about since the
29 supplier stated to me 50 per cent to 80 per cent.
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31 Q. 50 to 80 per cent?
32 A. Yes.
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34 Q. Was that throughout the whole of 1991 then?
35 A. No, that has happened in 1991. By the numbers that
36 I can reconstruct at the time, it must have been somewhere
37 through the middle of 1991, maybe the beginning of quarter
38 three, the beginning of quarter four, something like that.
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40 Q. Right. Quarter three, would that have been ---
41 A. There is also a ----
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43 Q. -- June?
44 A. Sorry, there is also a bit of delay, why I am saying
45 this is there is often a bit of delay between the time a
46 producer actually makes the bags, they are kept in a
47 storage, in their own storage. We require all our
48 suppliers to keep a certain stock available, so that in
49 times of necessity they have something available, they do
50 not first need to start making; then, secondly, there is a
51 stock at the DCs and then the individual restaurants have
52 actually got a stock of some. So, when it is exactly
53 reaching the market, it will be somewhere quarter three
54 1991, quarter four 1991.
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56 Q. Is that the same for the whole of Europe or what?
57 A. No. It is not the same for the whole of Europe. That
58 is for -- that is the case for ---
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60 Q. The UK?
