The Recycled Paperboard Technical Association is a non-profit association that brings together the expertise of paper mills worldwide that manufacture products from at least 90 percent recovered fiber. RPTA is dedicated to the improvement of the recycled paperboard industry.

RPTA member companies have been recycling recovered paper since the turn of the 20th century. This heritage of responsible resource management has forged a tradition of innovation and ingenuity that is unmatched in the paper-making industry.

Serving the needs of companies engaged in producing recycled paperboard since 1953, RPTA is dedicated to the improvement of the industry through product stewardship, benchmarking, materials investigations, and education.

Read about RPTA's long-standing commitment to the use of recovered fiber and recycling here.

Sustainability

CIRCULARITY

The paper industry is a pioneer in embracing circularity. Paper products are inherently renewable, recyclable, and biodegradable, making them ideally-suited for a circular economy.
Read more about paper in a circular economy!
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RECYCLING

Paper is recycled more than any other material in the U.S. municipal solid waste stream. Did you know the recycling rate for cardboard - or what the industry calls corrugated - was more than 93% in 2022?
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LATEST NEWS

Industry Benchmarking Survey
The next Profile Study will be initiated this December for first-quarter ’25 sampling. All past Survey reports can be accessed at this member-only page.

2024 Summer Webinar
On July 24th, we held a webinar on In-Line Freeness Measurement, presented by BTG Instrument Representatives Jason Shipman and Tyler Spivey. Webinar slides and recording are available at this RPTA members only site, along with materials from other past webinars

UPCOMING EVENTS

2024 Fall Roundtable
Paper Machine Roll Design and Operation, Appleton, WI.

An RPTA-member exclusive event with no registration fee.

Wednesday, October 16, 1:00 to 5:00 PM – Engaging seminar on roll design and operation presented by Andritz experts, at the Hilton Paper Valley Hotel. Followed by a group dinner.

Thursday, October 19, Morning - Tour of two roll facilities in the area.

REGISTER FOR ROUNDTABLE HERE

2025 Winter Webinar
A mid- to late-January Zoom webinar on Recovered Fiber Grades and Quality, to include presentations on the incoming product and on impacts to the production process.

2025 Production-Technical Seminar
Next year’s P-T Seminar will be held on May 5 & 6, at the Minneapolis Convention Center, co-located with TAPPICon 2025. Session topics will be:

  1. Safer Operations
  2. Ways to improve paper properties, e.g.; ply bond, formation
  3. Wet end chemistry optimization (a 2-hour mini-course by highly experienced consultant)
  4. Solid waste reduction

An exciting change: RPTA members will register with RPTA and we will register the group with TAPPICon. The cost for each member will be less than prior years and will include the entire 4-dayTAPPICon program, instead of just RPTA’s two days.

Stay tuned as details develop.