ABSTRACT
Paper and board products include four main product groups—packaging, newsprint, graphic and copying paper and tissue paper. The copying paper product group includes: sheets or reels of unprinted paper in different formats, used for copying, fax machines or office printers. Tissue paper products are defined by the EU Flower eco-label as: sheets or rolls of tissue paper fit for use for personal hygiene, absorption of liquids and/or cleaning of soiled surfaces. Tissue paper production is located predominantly in France, Germany, Italy and the UK, with these countries producing over 70% of Europe's tissue paper. Norway is an importer of tissue paper. There are only 14 factories in Norway producing pulp and paper products. In particular, at the end of 2001, for a specific tissue paper product, the sales of eco-labelled products accounted for almost 30% of the total product sales of one large distributor.
