Japanese Paper–Thin Recycling Story

The reputation of Japan's paper industry lay in tatters today after the market leader, Oji Paper, admitted it had lied for more than a decade about the volume of recycled paper used in some of its products. The revelation comes days after the country's second-biggest paper company, Nippon Paper Group, admitted it had made similarly false claims. In one case Oji Paper said the amount of recycled paper in its copy and printing paper was as high as 50% when the real figure was between 5% and 10%.