Q - Why does Carter Holt Harvey use virgin fibre for the papermaking process?
A - Our grades are predominantly made from planted Radiata pine production forests. A characteristic of Radiata is its long and strong wood fibres. Strong fibres allow for a reduction in total packaging weight. In addition, virgin fibre ensures a contamination free packaging content when packed in direct contact with food, therefore inner plastic wrapping can be eliminated in most cases.

Paper recyclers love it as well. New Zealand waste paper is sought by overseas recycled paper makers, due to the high strength gained from the Radiata fibre.

Q - Does the use of virgin fibre deplete native forests?
A - Our grades are almost entirely made from New Zealand planted Radiata pine forests. In New Zealand Radiata is a sustainably managed plantation softwood. The trees are all-purpose grown in a tree farm environment. These designated tree farms displace the felling of natural forests both here and overseas.

Q - Do tree plantations mean an end to biodiversity?
A - Carter Holt Harvey has statutory obligations to protect indigenous wildlife within its forest estates. Independent research has identified a wide range of rare and threatened species that are thriving within our plantation forests. These include Kiwi, Blue Duck, Long-tailed bats, Hochstetter frogs, Giant and Short-jawed Kokopu.

Q - Do pine forests acidify the soil?
A - The pH levels of soils in New Zealand plantation forests approximate those found in indigenous forest soils in the same location.

Q - Does Carter Holt Harvey use genetically modified organisms?
A - Carter Holt Harvey does not plant or commercially utilise any genetically modified organisms.

Q - Is paper and paper-based packaging recycled?
A - Both New Zealand and Australia have well-established paper-recycling systems. The majority of New Zealand's paper is recycled by Carter Holt Harvey operations.