Total domestic consumption of recovered paper was 2.6 million tons in May, up 1.3 percent from the previous month and 7.1 percent year-over-year. Breaking down the numbers, mixed paper increased 5.8 percent (versus May of 2009), newspaper increased 5.2 percent, corrugated cardboard increased 11.7 percent and pulp substitutes were up 2.2 percent. High-grade deinking was the one standout, with a yearly decline of 14.6 percent.
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