PAPER RECYCLING PLANTS - AR Thomson Group

RREECCYCCLLEED PPAAPPEERR
AESSEAL®
PAPER RECYCLING
PLANTS
L-UK/US-RECYCLE-03
IN 4540 - 02/2002
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Introduction
Pulp and Paper production is a large worldwide industry and each country tends to have its
own indigenous production facilities. 75% of the Worldwide Production of Paper and
Paperboard (1997) is concentrated in 10 countries as shown below:-
RANKING COUNTRY PRODUCTION
1 USA 87
2 JAPAN 31
3 CHINA 27
4 CANADA 19
5 GERMANY 16
6 FINLAND 12
7 SWEDEN 10
8 FRANCE 9
9 SOUTH KOREA 8.5
10 ITALY 7.5
SUB TOTAL 227
OTHERS 72
Figures quoted are in MILLIONS of METRIC
TONNES.
1997 TOTAL WORLDWIDE – 299 Million
Metric Tonnes.
The value of the USA Pulp and Paper +
Converting Industry (products from paper)
shipments in 1991 was estimated at $75
billion or 4% of the total USA Manufacturing
shipments.
There is significant variation in the amount of
RECYCLING undertaken by each Country
however it is a continually increasing amount
year on year.
In the USA 200 out of the 550 Pulp and Paper production facilities RELY EXCLUSIVELY upon
recycled (secondary) fibres for their Furnish (Feedstock). This constitutes about 40% by
weight of Paper produced in the USA and mostly comes from NEWSPRINT and corrugated
boxes. 70% of all the mills (approximately 400 out of 550) use some fraction of Recycled pulp
in their Furnish.
Another example from Europe is the United Kingdom Paper and Board Production.
The total consumption of Paper and Board materials in the UK (1999) was estimated at 12.6
million tonnes.
There are a total of 98 Pulp Paper and Board Mills in the UK producing 6.5 million tonnes (1.4
for Export, 5.1 for Home use). Due to the lack of indigenous raw paper pulp production (8%
of total consumption) in the UK, there is a significant paper fibre reclamation industry which
accounts for about 65% (4.2 million tonnes in 1999) of British industry’s fibrous raw material
production. The industry is divided into 3 main paper production types i.e. newsprint, office
quality and cardboard. Whilst many of the Production Processes are similar within the
different Plants, the Feedstock quality defines the Final Product.
The following text will concentrate upon newsprint paper reclamation which uses clean, dry
newspapers and magazines processed in plants capable of consuming 450,000 tonnes of
feedstock, yielding 370,000 tonnes of recycled newsprint (approximately 80% efficient) per
annum.