INFLUENCE OF RECOVERED PAPER QUALITY ON RECYCLED PULP PROPERTIES

Statistical data show that a further increase of recovered paper (RP) supply to European paper mills could come mainly from increasing and improving household collection. However, it is generally accepted that an extended collection from households is always detrimental to RP quality. The low quality of recovered paper is determined by the high content of unusable materials consisting of non-paper components and unwanted paper and board (paper...