How many times can a fibre be recycled? In recent years, the typical answer to this question is that paper fibres can be recycled 5 to 7 times. This general answer indicates the limited usability of paper fibres and seems to be a significant drawback for recycled fibre based paper products, especially in cross-comparisons of
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How often can a fibre be recycled?
After reading this article you will..
- know that the number of fibre recycling cycles is limited by the yield of the process simulation.
Content
Recycled fibre
- Legislation
- Sources and quality of paper for recycling
- Recyclability of paper and board products – Deinkability
- Recycling versus recyclability
- Technical aspects of recycling
- Relevance of recyclability
- Repulpability and deinkability
- Deinkability test methods
- EPRC deinkability assessment
- Deinkability of different printed products
- Removability of adhesive applications
- EPRC assessment on removability of adhesive applications in graphic paper products
- Unit operations and equipment in recycled fibre processing
- Design of processes
- Design principles for stock preparation processes
- Process design for graphical grades, news print
- Process design for tissue
- Process design for board and packaging grades
- Reject and Sludge handling for graphical and tissue applications
- Reject and Sludge handling for board and packaging applications
- Water management
- Additives
- Deinking
- Bleaching of deinked pulp
- Process water treatment
- Sticky control – detackification
- Enzymatic solution for recycled fibres
- Papermaking potential of recycled fibre
- Differences between virgin and recycled fibre
- Repeated (manifold) recycling experiments
- Multiple papermaking with recycled fibres
- Modelling of fibre age distribution
- Special request of recycled fibre furnish in papermaking
- Effects of recycled fibre in papermaking
- Challenges of increased recycled fibre utilisation
Authors & references
Author:
Hans Putz
References:
- Göttsching, L. and Stürmer, L., Pysikalische Eigenschaften von Sekundärfaserstoffen unter dem Einfluß ihrer Vorgeschichte. Teil II: Einfluß des mehrfachen Recycling. Wochenbl. Papierfabr. 126(1978) No. 23/24, p. 909918
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