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