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Paper Recycling May 13, 2019 10:30:15 AM

Stora Enso Seeks to Boost Large Scale Recycling of Used Paper Cups

Paul Ploumis
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The company had earlier announced successful completion of production trials at the mill facility.

Stora Enso Seeks to Boost Large Scale Recycling of Used Paper Cups

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): The Langerbrugge Mill of Stora Enso in Belgium proposes to commence large scale recycling of used paper cups. The cups thus recycled would be used in other paper applications.

The company had earlier announced successful completion of production trials at the mill facility. During the trials, the company collected bales of used paper cup from fast food restaurants and coffee houses in areas surrounding the Langerbrugge Mill, which were re-pulped and recycled into magazine paper. It now seeks partners to help them in collection and sorting of used paper cups from various sources.

According to Stora Enso, the paper board for cups is made from high quality, renewable fibres, which promise multiple lives for these products upon recycling. Also, recycling a paper cup could lead to reduction of its lifecycle carbon footprint by nearly 50%. The proposed recycling project by the company is expected to drive paper cup recycling, in collaboration with partners across the value chain.

Annica Bresky, Executive Vice President of the Stora Enso Consumer Board division invited partners and customers to jointly develop business models for collecting paper cups. Efficient recycling processes could help food service companies to improve their environmental footprints, Bresky added. Rik Van Bostraeten, Sourcing Manager, Multifuel & Business Innovation, Langerbrugge Mill noted that the mil is technically ready to accept billions of used cups. However, sourcing of these cups so as to run the recycling process on an industrial scale could be a challenge, he said.

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