Why Is Waste Recycling Easier Said Than Done?

Why Is Waste Recycling Easier Said Than Done?

The waste management plant shares this article with you.

For the environment and industry, the recycling of paper is not what people imagine-it will always make profits or reduce costs.

People think that items are the best recyclable, which is the main reason why we often send empty glass bottles and old newspapers to the recycling station. We believe that by storing those recyclable items and regularly driving 10 minutes away to the nearest recycling station, we have done a good thing for our environment, ourselves, and our children. Seeing that the waste products have been properly recycled, when we drove home on the way, we felt extremely proud and thought that we had done too right! But have you ever wondered what to do next with this recycled waste?

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 plant or recycling center. The waste is sorted and sent to the processing plant, or the waste is sent directly to the paper mill for sorting and beating the waste.

In the UK, a group of paper manufacturers uses waste paper to produce recycled paper. People living around the paper mill can send waste products to the paper mill without having to travel far. However, those who live far away from the paper mill have to drive a long way for the recycling of old newspapers. Factory, is it cost-effective to do so? For example, is road fuel consumption more harmful to the environment than waste products?

British printers are also facing the same confusion because the paper of these printed materials is recyclable. Recently, the British government and news publishers reached an agreement to require publishers to recycle newspapers up to a certain percentage of their circulation. This agreement puts publishers under a certain pressure to some extent. Publishers agreed that the percentage of newspapers recycled would reach 60% by 2001, 65% by 2003, and 70% by 2006. Some packaging printers are also subject to the constraints of the European Packaging Waste Steering Committee, requiring measures to be taken to recycle waste products and achieve a certain recycling rate.

Although the government actively encourages paper recycling, it should be remembered that the production capacity of the country’s three newspaper mills is already operating at full capacity, and the recycled paper can only be processed by increasing papermaking capacity.

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

Moreover, the increased use of recycled paper cannot reduce the demand for pure pulp. Paper fiber can only be reused about 6 times, and the fiber loses strength after 6 times. Therefore, it is necessary to add the pure pulp to recycled paper to increase strength and improve printing performance.

There are some problems with the traditional methods of recycling paper, but this does not mean that people let the waste be left alone. We should actively use other methods to dispose of most waste products. With the formulation of relevant laws and regulations, regardless of economic or actual difficulties, finding various ways to recycle paper must become one of the top priorities in people’s daily work. . In short, in various waste recycling production, the use of waste paper is the most noticeable thing. Waste paper is relatively clean, free of pollutants and light. Is it really difficult to recycle paper?

A company converts waste paper with low filler content (such as newsprint and books) into other products, such as thermal insulation materials, road finishing materials, building materials, and concrete.

However, there are only a few companies in the UK that have tried this, and only one has been able to produce products. This does not mean that this application is without difficulty. One of the biggest difficulties is that customers do not agree with the high prices incurred by using recycled materials.

This company can process 150 to 200 tons of waste paper a week, and it is quite difficult to maintain this waste supply. Therefore, some people say that the government's legislation to encourage waste recycling is like a double-edged sword-with a suction treatment company, the supply of waste will gradually increase. At the same time, some businessmen will find other ways to use waste. Will compete with this increased demand for recycling and processing.

Using incineration to produce energy from waste paper is another recycling method, but this method is 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 for energy. There are calls for the construction of more recycled paper mills across the UK.

Some people think that using waste paper to generate energy does not produce high heat, and prefer to recycle it into recycled paper or make composite materials or fillers. This kind of recycled material can be recycled again after the use period, especially the waste products stored in the form of scraps. The paper shredding center specializes in collecting 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, use beer bottles to produce glass bricks. After drying, the label on the bottle is also injected into the mold together with the filler. During the glass burning process, the wine label burns to leave pores, so that the glass brick has air permeability.

This method is a good measure of environmental protection, but it requires a huge investment to implement, and its products are extremely expensive and unacceptable. Of course, this is temporary. Regulations are guiding companies to develop toward this model. In the near future, they may bring huge profits to businesses. These measures do not necessarily consume more information on the planet, and may save a little money, and may even bring additional income to the enterprise.