Day 293 - 04 Nov 96 - Page 24
1 MS. STEEL: If I have anything, it will not be any more than 10
2 minutes at the very most.
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4 MR. MORRIS: Can I just give everyone the documents. I have
5 the handwritten documents, if they want to look at them
6 over lunch, and also these other documents. I will see if
7 they are all stapled properly together. (Handed) I do
8 think, actually, I have got your original here.
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10 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It does not matter.
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12 MR. MORRIS: I will give you my -- and I will explain this
13 afternoon.
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15 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We will resume at two o'clock.
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17 (Luncheon Adjournment)
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19 MR. MORRIS: What kind of area of forest is needed to keep
20 McDonald's provided with paper for its paper usage in the
21 year, every year? And I will start off by referring to
22 some points Mr. Mallinson made. This was very sort of
23 detailed. In some ways it is a detailed issue, in other
24 ways it is actually quite simple, depending on which way it
25 is approached.
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27 If we go to Mr. Mallinson, who was a forest expert, day 56,
28 page 38, lines 7 and 47, he said that the hundred year
29 cycle was reasonable for the Scandinavia forest cycle, and
30 that was a major supply area for McDonald's, as we know.
31 He said on page 39, line 56, the Enso-Gutzeit mill and
32 Scotland are comparable - that is his word - comparable
33 regarding yield.
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35 And then at line 60 on that page, he said thinnings go to
36 pulp production mostly, thinnings from the forest.
37 Although there was some toing and froing on that subject,
38 I think Casper Von Erp also referred to thinnings.
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40 In fact, before I carry on with Mallinson, let me go
41 through the final bit on Casper Von Erp about this subject
42 because I should have dealt with that before we got heavily
43 into Mr. Mallinson's testimony. Mr. Von Erp said on pages
44 21 to 36 of day 63, that Enso was the main virgin paper
45 supplier. That is in Finland. On page 21, line 25, that
46 they had no specification on the type of forest to use, you
47 know, regarding any environmental concerns.
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49 Page 22, line 38, most Enso paper was from thinnings, he
50 said. Page 22, lines 54 to 60, some of the materials left
51 in the forest and it is not included in the calculation.
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53 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Just pause a moment. (Pause). Yes.
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55 MR. MORRIS: Then there was some details about use of chlorine
56 derivatives in the production. And then on page 27 -- oh,
57 yes, that was a separate point, about packaging was
58 imported from Canada. Page 27 and also page 29, line 47,
59 how packaging had been imported to Europe from Canada, even
60 in one circumstance that he mentioned, despite there being
