2 INDUSTRY NEWS Paper cup recycling advances in Europe
establishment of a partnership in Ireland that could collect every cup in the country, and the completion of trials that claim it’s possible to convert the cups into white-lined chipboard (WLC). In Ireland, DS Smith and
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packaging firm Zeus have joined forces to set up the Coffee Cup Recycling Scheme The scheme aims to recycle the 200 million single-use paper cups that are thrown away every year in Ireland. In an exclusive agreement with DS Smith, Zeus is providing the recycling infrastructure, linking up with coffee retailers such as O’Briens and Bagel Factory. DS Smith has pioneered coffee
cup recycling at traditional recycled paper mills, enabling the recycling of both PE-lined traditional paper cups and PLA-lined compostable cups into paper packaging. Used coffee cups collected by Zeus will be sent to DS Smith for recycling. Tom Campbell-White, director of DS Smith Recycling European Strategic Development, commented: “We are delighted to be partnering with Zeus to roll out the Coffee Cup Recycling Scheme to the Irish market. We
he potential for recycling paper-based coffee cups in Europe advanced recently with the
coating to make the cup leakproof. The dispersion barrier breaks down in the recycling process, ensuring that all fibres can be fully recovered. Hannu Kasurinen, head of liquid
broke new ground last year when we redefined coffee cup recycling and announced capacity to recycle 2.5 billion coffee cups at our mill in Kent in the UK. “Building on this, we launched
our coffee cup recycling boxes in the UK in September, and we are seeing a great response from coffee retailers and other businesses. We are really excited to work with Zeus on providing a recycling solution for Ireland’s coffee lovers.” The process of converting coffee
cups into WLC has been developed during a trial by Stora Enso and Fiskeby Board in Sweden. The trials confirmed that paper
cups can be used as raw material to produce WLC board without any investments or changes to the process conditions at Fiskeby Board Mill.
With paper cups as part of
Fiskeby’s normal raw material input, the quality of the WLC board showed no defects, and no problems were experienced in the pulp and board production processes. Stora Enso recently launched
a new material for paper cups, Cupforma Natura Solo, which has a dispersion barrier instead of the traditional polyethylene
packaging and carton board at Stora Enso, explains: “By exploring the recycling of paper cups, we are promoting circularity while supporting our customers in the food service industry in their efforts to become more climate- friendly. “We are open to collaboration with other recycling partners to build an ecosystem of circularity for food service companies. “Paper cups have a low carbon
footprint, which is still cut by half if cups are recycled and carbon remains stored in the fibres during their next life. The high-quality fibres become used for other renewable products in a circular economy.” ● Stora Enso is investing €9 million in a pilot facility for enabling the production of bio-based plastics as a barrier in transparent packaging. The pilot plant will convert plant-based sugars into the renewable building block required to make PEF, a bio-based plastic, mainly targeting the food and beverage industry. The pilot plant will be located at Stora Enso’s Langerbrugge Mill in Belgium.
Cellulose science conference to precede Zellcheming-Expo
As an introduction to the Zellcheming-Expo being held from 24-25 June in Frankfurt- am-Main, the organisers are holding a science-focused conference for the first time. The Zellcheming-Conference is being held from 21-24 June at Darmstadt, with the title ‘Cellulose-based Materials –
January/February 2020
from Science to Technology’. With input from the Technical
University of Darmstadt providing an international knowledge platform, the event will bring together researchers from science and industry interested in topics related to polysaccharides, paper-based materials and bioeconomics.
On 24 June, a coach will link the two locations so that attendees can combine scientific knowledge with all the benefits of the exhibition, such as networking and gathering information on the latest trends and products. Exhibitors from throughout the paper value chain have already
registered for the Zellcheming- Expo, including ABB Automation GmbH, Andritz AG, Biomontan Produktions und Handels GmbH, fipptec, Kühne+Vogel GmbH, Servophil AG, Valmet and Wöllner GmbH. More information about
the conference is at www.
zellcheming.de
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