Paper recovered/recycled

Recycling clearly has an important bearing upon fibre supply. There are two important environmental aspects to waste paper recycling. The first of these is what is known as the utilisation rate of waste paper and is defined as the waste paper consumption as a proportion of total paper and board production. The second useful definition is the recovery rate, which is simply the amount of waste paper recovered as a percentage of total paper and board consumption. An example of the use of such figures is shown in Table 10.1. 

Nanohltration membranes allow partial permeation of monovalent salts such as sodium chloride, while they completely reject bivalent salts and hardness from aqueous solutions. This has led to the use of NF membranes as water softeners by removal of total hardness and sulfates from seawater and for removal of NaCl from cheese whey. NF membranes have also been successfully utilized for treating textile dye and olive processing wastewaters to recover recyclable water. Another common application is removal of color from effluents and process solutions. One such example is the separation of color causing compounds such as lignin sulfonates from paper pulping wastewater. 

Refining and Fractionation. These processes are used to alter and select cellulose properties so the final sheet has the desired properties (51). Properties of recycled fibers differ from those of fibers prepared directly from wood. For example, recovered chemical fibers have lower freeness, an apparent viscosity leading to different water drainage characteristics on paper machines. Recovered fibers also have iacreased apparent density, lower sheet strength, iacreased sheet opacity, inferior fiber—fiber bonding properties, lower fiber sweUiag, lower fiber flexibiUty, lower water reteatioa, reduced fiber fibrillatioa, and much lower internal fiber delamination. 

In 1993, nearly 36 million tons of paper were recovered in the United States, twice as much as in 1980 (54). Eor the first time, more paper was recovered in the United States than landfilled. As a result, 11 million fewer tons of paper were landfilled in the United States in 1993 than in 1987. This saved more than 69 X 10 m (90 x 10 yd ) of landfill space. In 1995, recovered paper accounted for 31.5% of the fiber used to manufacture 84.1 million metric tons of paper products (54). Annual capital spending for paper recycling projects from 1995 to the year 2000 is estimated to average 2 biUion (55). The American Eorest Paper Association (AE PA) estimates U.S. consumption of recovered paper will increase 4.9% per year through the year 2000, nearly twice the total paper industry capacity growth rate (56). Consumption of recovered paper in U.S. mills in 1997 is estimated at 35.6 million tons (57). 

Canadian consumption of recovered paper is about 4 million t/yr, much of it imported from the United States. Paper recycling continues to grow worldwide, particularly in Europe and the Pacific Rim. Worldwide use of recycled paper is expected to increase from nearly 75 million tons in 1988 to 130 million tons in 2001 (58). 

This paper focuses on feedstock recycling of PVC, which involves degradation in a full-scale incineration plant. Liberated hydrochloric acid is recovered and used in subsequent stages for the generation of new PVC. Full details are given on the basic concept, plant configuration, the process itself, and the economic aspects involved. 

A major movement within the pulp and paper industry has been an increased focus on the use of recovered paper. Nearly 50% of paper is now recovered and used either as recycled paper or as products such as home insulation. Furthermore, recovered paper contributes to U.S. exports roughly ten million tons of recovered paper were exported in 2000.1... 

AF PA, 2000 Recovered Paper Statistical Highlights, American Forest and Paper Association, Washington, 2000. Available at http //www.afandpa.org/recycling/Rec introduction.html. 

Aqueous, alkaline fuel cells, as used by NASA for supplemental power in spacecraft, are intolerant to C02 in the oxidant. The strongly alkaline electrolyte acts as an efficient scrubber for any C02, even down to the ppm level, but the resultant carbonate alters the performance unacceptably. This behavior was recognized as early as the mid 1960 s as a way to control space cabin C02 levels and recover and recycle the chemically bound oxygen. While these devices had been built and operated at bench scale before 1970, the first comprehensive analysis of their electrochemistry was put forth in a series of papers in 1974 [27]. The system comprises a bipolar array of fuel cells through whose cathode chamber COz-containing air is passed. The electrolyte, aqueous Cs2C03, is immobilized in a thin (0.25 0.75 mm) membrane. The electrodes are nickel-based fuel cell electrodes, designed to be hydrophobic with PTFE. 

The waste from the separation is called waste-derived fuel (WDF) or solid recovered fuel (SRF). It is normally composed of materials with good calorific power, such as paper, plastics, fabrics, and wood. These materials are only the rejects that cannot be recycled, due mainly to the level of contaminants they contain. 

Keywords Corrugated board, Folding boxboard, Food packaging, Mineral oil, Recovered paper, Recycling... 

Kersten A, Putz H-J, Schabel S (2010) Volatile organic compounds in printed papers and measures for removal in recovered paper processing. In 9. Research Forum on Recycling, Norfolk... 

In order to overcome these problems, the flow schemes as shown in Figures 1 and 2 were developed. These incorporate the use of Kerr-McGee Corporation s Critical Solvent Deashing and Fractionation Process (CSD) for recovery of the SRC. The Kerr-McGee Process adds extra flexibility since this process can recover heavy solvent for recycle, which is not recoverable by vacuum distillation. EPRI contracted with Conoco Coal Development Company (CCDC) and Kerr-McGee Corporation in 1977-1978 to test these process concepts on continuous bench-scale units. A complementary effort would be made at the Wilsonville Pilot Plant under joint sponsorship by EPRI, DOE, and Kerr-McGee Corporation. This paper presents some of the initial findings. 

Two key points were made in the latter paper. First the polyamino acid-catalysed reactions could be conducted on a substantial scale (250 g). Secondly, the catalyst could be recovered and recycled with no loss in yield or enantioselec-tivity. In addition, the SK F group emphasised the need to pre-swell the polymer with organic solvent and aqueous sodium hydroxide for about 20 h prior to its employment in the reaction. 

This paper emphasizes the "point-of-source" concept of recycling or recovering specific components for re-use through the application of membrane separation technologies. 

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