Recycling is not new to the paper industry. A lot of work was done during World War II, but following the war, the paper industry, for economic and technical reasons, moved away from recycling. The reasons are obvious. We have the trees, and we have them in great profusion. However, recycling came back to us with a vengeance along with the solid waste problem in the late ‘60’s and early ‘70’s. It was a big issue then largely in the federal, state and local government jurisdictions, but the general public did not really perceive it as a major issue until, Senator Gary Hart attempted to levy a tax on virgin materials in 1978. After that it went back on the back burner. It came back again in 1987 and 1988, when people started to pay more attention to the environment and when costs for waste disposal began increasing.