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Editorial Viewpoint Secondary—the opportunity fiber “The service-oriented paper industry is hungry for new technology, new equipment, and new chemicals to handle this opportunity resourev.” E. David Clark ‘Secondary fiber presents threefold oppor tunity to the paper industry. ‘The first op- portunity is to make money, since the fiber ‘ean be obtained more cheaply and with less capital cost than virgin fiber, Secondly, it gives industry and the individual the oppor- ‘unity to learn, This ever-changing resource requires continued updating of the technol- ogy necessary to handle the changing types of contaminants in order to produce a pulp permaking and for the product desired, ed, the use of secondary fiber also pre- sents the opportunity (the third] for a giant headache. To change this headache to a mere challenge requires the commitment necessary to drive through the problems en. countered on the path to success in this field. To date, economies has drives this commitment. Alter nine years in paperboard and eighteen years in tissue manufacture—I am all the more convinced about the increased opportunity afforded by its use. We are

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