Title
Recyclability criteria for paper based packaging products
Authors
SASKIA RUNTE HANS JOACHIM PUTZ DANIELE BUSSINI LAURA LIMONGI and GRAZIANO ELEGIR

Published Volume 49 Issue 7-8 July-August
Keywords paper for recycling, paper recycling, recyclability, packaging products, macrostickies

Abstract
Paper for recycling is an important raw material for the European paper industry. Especially for packaging papers, the recov+ered paper utilisation rate is very high. As these packaging products are usually returned into the paper recycling loop, a method based on a standard stock preparation line for packaging products was developed to assess on a laboratory scale the recyclability of packaging products. For the evaluation of the process efficiency and quality of the achieved pulp after recycling, coarse reject, flake content, macrosticky area below 2,000 µm and optical homogeneity were tested for packaging products of different categories. The recyclability test shows very high deviation of the results between and within the different product categories due to the product design, which is mostly affected by the purpose of the packaging product.