Waste recycling - it's easier said than done!

For the environment and industry, the use of recycled paper is not what people think - it always makes profits or reduces costs.

People think that it's best to recycle the items. This is the main reason why we often send empty bottles and old newspapers to the recycling station. We believe that we have done a good job for our environment, ourselves and our children by storing those recyclable items and driving them regularly to the nearest recycling station for 10 minutes. Seeing that those waste products were properly recycled, when we drove home, we felt very proud and thought we were doing it right! But have you ever wondered what to do with these waste products?

Take recycled paper as an example, every few days or every week, a large truck will take away the waste from the recycling station and send it to the nearest waste paper processing factory or recycling center. Waste products are sorted and sent to processing plants, or waste products are sent directly to the paper mill for classification and the waste products are beaten.

In the United Kingdom, a group of paper producers use waste paper to produce recycled paper. People living in the paper mills can send waste products to paper mills without running. However, those who live far from the paper mills have to drive a long way for the recycling of some old newspapers. Factory, is it cost-effective to do this? For example, is the harm caused by road fuel consumption to the environment greater than the harm caused by waste products to the environment?

Printers in the United Kingdom are also faced with the same confusion, because the paper of these prints is recyclable. In the recent British government and news publishers reached an agreement to publishers to recover the number of newspapers to a certain proportion of its circulation, This agreement gives publishers some degree of pressure. Publishers agree that the percentage of newspapers recycled by 2001 will reach 60%, by 2003 it will reach 65%, and by 2006 it will reach 70%. Some packaging printers are also bound by the European Packaging Waste Steering Committee and require that measures be taken to recover waste and achieve a certain recovery rate.

Although the government actively encourages the recovery of paper, it must be remembered that the production capacity of the three news paper mills in the country is already running at full capacity. Only by increasing papermaking capacity can the recovered paper be processed.

This means investing in millions of pounds to transform a new paper mill. Until then, people may find other uses for recycling waste paper, such as burning waste paper to produce energy. This may make the significance of investment in new paper mills drop.

Moreover, the increase in the use of recovered recycled paper does not reduce the demand for pure stock. The paper fibers can only be reused about 6 times, and the fibers lose their strength more than 6 times. Therefore, the original pulp must be added to the recycled paper to increase the strength and improve the printing performance.

Therefore, there are some problems with the traditional method of recycling paper, but this does not mean that people let the waste be left alone. We should actively deal with most of the waste products in other ways. With the formulation of relevant laws and regulations, regardless of the economic or practical difficulties, finding ways to recycle paper must be one of the top priorities in people's daily work. . In short, the use of waste paper is the most compelling thing in a variety of waste recycling operations. Waste paper is relatively clean, free of contaminants and light. Is it really difficult to recycle paper?
A company converts waste papers with lower filler content (such as newsprint and books) into other products such as insulation, road finishing materials, building materials and concrete.

However, only a handful of companies in the United Kingdom have attempted this, and only one can produce products. This does not mean that this application has no difficulty. One of the greatest difficulties is that customers do not agree with the high prices generated by the use of recycled materials.

The company can handle 150 to 200 tons of waste paper a week, and it is very difficult to maintain this waste supply. Therefore, some people say that the government’s legislative measures to encourage waste recycling are like a double-edged sword—the company has sucked back its disposal, so the supply of waste products will gradually increase, and at the same time, some businessmen will find other ways to use waste products. It will compete with this increased demand for recycling capacity.

The use of waste paper for energy production through incineration is another recycling method, but this method has been opposed by many environmental protection organizations such as Friends of the Earth. A large number of studies have shown that paper recycling is better than incineration. Some people have called for the construction of more recycled paper mills throughout the United Kingdom.

Some people think that the production of heat energy from waste paper does not generate high heat, and they tend to be recycled into recycled paper or made into composite materials or fillers. This recycled material can be recycled again after it has been used for a long period of time, in particular in the form of scraps. The paper shredding center collects certain types of paper, such as school waste paper.

Some European companies have made greater efforts to solve the problem of waste utilization. For example, using beer bottles to produce glass bricks. After the label on the bottle is dried, it is also injected into the mold together with the filler. During the glass burning process, the label burns to leave a pore, so that the glass brick has air permeability.

This method is a good measure for environmental protection, but it requires a huge investment to implement, and its products are exceptionally expensive and unacceptable. Of course, this is temporary, and laws and regulations are guiding companies to develop in this mode. In the near future, they may bring huge profits to businesses. These measures do not necessarily consume more information on the Earth, and may also save a little money, and may even bring additional income for the company.