Cardboard is one of the most used substances in offices and organizations and it is its strength and durability that gives it an edge over other materials. Used for all kinds of purposes from boxing items for transport to creating hard document files and the likes, a normal person goes through tons of cardboard produce during their entire life.
In this blog, we are going through the detailed process of cardboard recycling, so that you can be sure that there is little difference between manufactured and recycled cardboard when it comes to the final product. We hope it encourages you to keep recycling.
1. Collecting Starts the cycle
When it comes to any type of waste management recycling, the collection process is paramount. Waste management companies collect all the cardboard from organizations and workplaces like yours. It is then followed by a process of filtering where some of the cardboard are rejected because they can’t be recycled.
2. The next part is specialized sorting
Once the initial sorting is done, it is then time for specialized sorting - in which the products are classified into corrugated and box types. The former is the more durable and stronger version that is used for heavy duty office and organizational requirements, for example packing and moving from one location to another.
The latter however, is the softer version that is used in different food grade material like cereals and other packaged food. This sorting is very important, since the next parts of treatment are completely dependent on how this one is carried off by the concerned contractual waste management company.
3. Shred it then Pulp it
The sorted cardboard material is then shredded into bits after the sorting and then turned into pulp by passing through chemical water treatment to create what is commonly called cardboard slur. This is the process which marks the start of the whole remanufacturing and is extremely important when it comes to creating the new cardboard.
The slur is then filtered to bring out all the heterogeneous material like tapes, pins, and plastics that were not separated earlier.
4. Removing the dye
In the next step, the slur is further processed, sterilized and the remaining dye is removed in a way that it turns into reusable material. Once the deinking is completed, the whole pulp is left to be dried on conveyor belts or cylindrical shape - then the press system of the recycling factories extract the remaining moisture and the pulp is turned into sheets for reuse.
This entire journey adds a lot of leverage to our environment and increases the longevity of thousands of trees. That is why recycling is always important, because in the end, it comes out with extremely positive results for our environment’s overall wellbeing!
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