The Wonderful World of Forest Certification
• The available supply of recycled fiber, both pre- and post-consumer waste, equals only about 35 percent of the total demand for paper production in the U.S. More than half of this goes into corrugated paperboard/boxes.
• Virgin fiber for paper represents 25 percent of all timber harvested in North America. (Worldwide about 40 percent of all commercially traded timber is used for paper production.)
Vic Nathan Barkin has more than 35 years of experience in the printing, paper and wood products industries and currently owns a consulting practice specializing in business development, workflow, and technology implementation, focusing on “Green Procurement and Production” practices. Vic is a QMS Lead Auditor certified to ISO 9001:2008 standards, is a consultant for the Rainforest Alliance as an FSC Chain of Custody and Controlled Wood senior auditor, is an FSC, SFI and PEFC lead auditor for PricewaterhouseCoopers and SGS North America, and has engaged in more than 700 site assessments and audits.
