As part of its newsprint-conservation initiative, NAA is proposing to overhaul its current newsprint-waste definitions and categories.
The proposed classifications are based on newsprint-handling activities and are designed to enhance management's ability to measure newsprint waste throughout the operation. The proposed chart (see below) can serve as a framework to develop waste-reduction methods.
The proposed system isolates each area in the process that generates waste. An individual category is assigned to each major production step, starting at the mill and ending when the newspaper reaches the reader. Clear dividing lines are drawn between each of the operations.
For an enterprise-wide system, total newsprint waste is defined as the newsprint consumed during the process that did not produce newspapers (web waste), plus the number of copies produced but not sold as newspapers (copy waste). By this definition, unsalable newspapers produced during press startup and paster copies, as well as salable newspapers that do not generate revenue such as promotion copies, are considered newsprint waste and are included in the calculation.
The proposed system divides the major waste categories into subcategories. The exact definition of some subcategories may vary by newspaper, but the definitions and calculations of the major waste categories should be universal. Please call or e-mail me if you'd like to provide input.
Harshad Matalia is NAA's post-press manager. E-mail is naanetwork!naa!matah@naaatt.attmail.com ; phone is (703) 648-1185.
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