The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Paper Technology Transfer Center has been awarded a grant to study the impact of single-stream recycling on the quality of fiber materials going to paper mills.
The UW System Solid Waste Research Council awarded the center a grant of $29,188 to support the research project. It was one of four projects statewide approved for funding by the council.
The grant, the maximum amount available from the council this year, will provide funding for a graduate student researcher, materials, supplies and other program assistance.
The grant from the Solid Waste Research Council will fund research in an area that is crucial to the paper industry at a time when single-stream recycling collection programs are becoming increasingly popular across the country and fiber demand is increasing in the global marketplace.
“This grant will allow the Paper Technology Transfer Center to demonstrate real value to the Wisconsin paper industry,” said David Hollenberg, director of the center.