Tomra’s new e-book addresses deinking recycling rates

Norway-based Tomra Sorting Recycling has published an e-book for businesses that sort paper and cardboard for deinking and recycling. According to Tomra, the publication addresses commercial and regulatory pressures for higher recovery rates of deinked pulp and the fact that meeting these demands will require new technical solutions.

The e-book opens with the statement: “Deinking needs rethinking.” This is because the demand for deinked and recycled paper is growing, Tomra says. Europe recycled more than 72 percent of all the paper it consumed in 2016. The European Declaration on Paper Recycling has set the goal of recycling 74 percent by 2020.

The company says another example is China’s tightening regulations. All recyclable materials arriving in the country must have purity levels greater than 99.5 percent. This means more paper sorting, deinking and recycling will have to be done "at home," Tomra says.

Tomra’s e-book looks at a new technology, which can improve sorting paper and cardboard for deinking. According to the company, Sharp Eye is a breakthrough technology made by enhancing Tomra’s Flying Beam, which focuses on the area of the conveyor belt being scanned.

The company reports the new process using Sharp Eye technology identifies materials suitable for deinking in a one-step process with recovery rates of recyclable paper above 90 percent.

More information on Tomra Sorting Recycling is available here.

Tomra Sorting Recycling designs and manufactures sensor-based sorting technologies for the global recycling and waste management industry. More than 5,500 systems have been installed in 80 countries worldwide.

Tomra Sorting Recycling is part of Tomra Sorting Solutions, which also develops sensor-based systems for sorting, peeling and process analytics for the food, mining and other industries. Tomra Sorting Solutions is owned by Norwegian company Tomra Systems ASA.