What quality do reprocessors expect?
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What quality do reprocessors expect?
Chris WhiteCommercial Manager, Aylesford Newsprint
What quality do reprocessors expect?
Quality recovered paper
Used paper and board which has beencollected from the waste stream and can
beused, without further sorting, in the papermaking process to make new paper and
boardproducts.
From quality recycled newspapers and magazines we make high quality newsprint for the UK and European markets
Customer requirementsAylesford Newsprint produces newsprint to some of the highest specification in the world.
It is measured for
Colour (white) Show through Spots Brightness (luminance) Strength Surface characteristics
Our input specification (it’s on the website)
www.aylesford-newsprint.co.uk
Quality specification
Tolerance 0% food waste / glass / burnt material 1% brown paper/cardboard ? paper older than 3 months / treated
paper i.e. carbon/carbonless paper, wet strength paper, drink cartons / non-paper items i.e. cans, plastics etc
The sum of all contamination exceeding 1%could lead to a load being rejected.
Can they meet it? / is it achievable?
For source segregated - Yes / Yes
For dual stream (paper separate) - No / Yes
For single stream (co-mingled) - No / No
Source segregatedNews & PAM - contains around 0.5% contamination
Dual streamNews & PAM - contains around 5-8% cardboard
Cardboard – only good as a soft mix (the lowest grade on the market). Brown grades are good.
Single stream - MRFs
News & PAM - Contain 5-15% material that is unusable
Cardboard/mixed papers – Contain 5-25% material that is unusable – food contact is a problem.
Outsorts (about 10%) from a bale
Outsorts (same bale)
Can MRFs currently produce the correct quality? I am sure the answer from the 3 UK
newsprint mills is NO. Some are getting closer but their main problem is variability
Whilst it is possible to mix in MRF material it is difficult to see getting past 25% without significant investment
How much MRF material will Palm be able to take and maintain quality?
Brown mills will struggle with the food contact
So how do we improve? – Local Authorities
Sign contract with agreed specification Receive feedback from MRFs quality
checking and target poor quality areas Continually educate the public on what
is recyclable Investigate introducing two stream
collections
How do we improve? - MRFs
Inspect at the household where possible and feedback to Local Authorities details of problem houses/areas
Use less compaction Visually inspect every incoming load and report
back to Local Authorities Reject incoming loads that do not meet the
specification Run at design speed or slower
How do we improve? - MRFs
Continual inspection of outbound material with physical checking at frequent intervals
Get rid of bale dressers Supply your customers with quality
certificates Sign contracts with agreed specification Monitor MRF technology
Can paper mills help?
Sign contracts with an agreed specification Adopt a common inspection procedure Work with MRF operators giving feedback on
every load Monitor technology for dealing with MRF
material Pay more (in bonuses) for good quality material
Summary
Contracts Agreed specifications Common inspection procedures Reject poor loads entering MRFs Quality focus Quality reports at every stage Have regular quality meetings
Summary - please remember the following:- If you send it to a paper mill and it is
not paper it will be landfilled and not recycled
We will only progress with constructive dialogue
The customer is always right Thanks for listening