The Importance Of Waste Paper

Waste materials can be converted into new materials and objects. One way to protect the environment is by recycling waste products such as waste papers. Things that are made from paper and paper products that has already been used are known as recycled paper. Old newspapers and magazines are the examples of commonly known of this category. Papers are one of the things that are highly demanded now and this cause the natural resources to be exploited. To solve this problem, technologies for continual recycling need to be developed rather than sustainable forestry. As the demand is growing, paper producers are now forced to use waste paper as the raw material. This is due to decline in the quantity of natural resources such as wood, hay and cotton.

The papers that are put inside the recycling bin will be taken to a recycling center. There are types of paper that can be recycled and which are cannot. Therefore, it is important to determine the types of the paper product with the recycling company before further recycling. Paper towels and paper plates are the types of papers that cannot be recycled as they contain food particles but local waste management company can help to compose it or it can be just composed at the backyard. Then, contaminants such as trash, metal or glass are separated and removed. The papers that are collected from other sources are added together with these papers from recycling bin and to be compiled at the recycling facility (Slavikova & Popescu,

The sheet, which now resembles paper after pulping process, passes through a series of heated metal rollers which dry the paper. The finished paper is wound into a giant roll and removed from the paper machine. This is done using one of 2 types of converting processes. The first and most common is cutting the paper using a paper converting machine called a Slitter or Rewinder. This machine takes large rolls and unwinds the material through a series of blades that slit or cut the paper into smaller widths then rewinds the paper into new rolls. The second type of converting machine cuts the entire roll into smaller rolls without unwinding or rewinding the paper. This piece of paper converting equipment is called a precision paper roll saw. The roll of paper is cut into smaller rolls, or sometimes into sheets, before being shipped to a converting plant where it will be printed or made into new products such as books, boxes, bags and more. Paper converting can be described as a process by which paper is used to fabricate another paper product (Madison, 2003). For example, this process can be used to produce such products as envelopes, paper bags, boxes, containers, and a full range of similar