Indonesian Paper Mill Receives BIR Papyrus Award

The Bureau of International Recycling’s (BIR) paper division awarded the Papyrus Award to Asia Pulp & Paper’s Indah Kiat Serang mill in Indonesia during the division’s round table and trading session in Brussels Oct. 26 during the BIR World Recycling Convention. The prize is conferred on an individual or organization deemed to have made a significant contribution to paper recycling.

The 2010 Papyrus Award was presented to Dewi P. Bramono, right center, APP’s deputy director for sustainability and stakeholder engagement, and to fiber procurement specialist Susanna Agus, far right, by BIR paper division president Ranjit Baxi, left center, and BIR world president Dominique Maguin, far left, during the BIR World Recycling Convention in Brussels.

Indah Kiat is a producer of paper and packaging products which are distributed throughout the world.

The business was praised by Ranjit Baxi, BIR paper division president, for its established practice of using recovered paper from around the world as its staple raw material. “The mill has substantially increased its recovered fiber use over the last five years and has worked hard to promote sustainability and partnerships with the recovered paper industry,” he said during the award presentation.

The mill achieved ISO 9001 certification in 1995 and the ISO 14001 environmental management stamp of approval some nine years later. In addition to its strong environmental and recycling emphasis, the business is also engaged in a number of staff/local community health and education initiatives.

The Papyrus prize was presented by Baxi, BIR world president Dominique Maguin and members of the BIR paper division board to Dewi Bramono, APP’s deputy director for sustainability and stakeholder engagement, and to fiber procurement specialist Susanna Agus.