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Relevance of recyclability
After reading this article you will..
- be able to differentiate between paper categories and how relevant recyclability and deinkability is for them. It should become clear for which product group recyclability tests exist.
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:
Dr -Ing. Hans-Joachim Putz Technische Universität Darmstadt Fachgebiet Papierfabrikation und Mechanische Verfahrenstechnik (PMV)
References:
- CEPI: Key Statistics 2018 European pulp & paper industry. CEPI, Brussels, 2019. Release 03.07.2020: https://www.twosides.info/UK/cepi-key-statistics-report-2018/
- CEPI: CEPI Historic Statistics – 1991-2017 European pulp & paper industry, CEPI, Brussels, 2018
- ISO 21993:2020 (E): Paper and Pulp – Deinkability test for printed paper products. Vernier, Geneva, 2020
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This page has been updated 17.11.2021