{"id":3501,"date":"2022-07-14T14:32:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T18:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ricova.com\/?p=3501"},"modified":"2024-02-15T14:28:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T19:28:56","slug":"recycling-paper-and-cardboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/en\/recycling-paper-and-cardboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycling paper and cardboard"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3501\" class=\"elementor elementor-3501 elementor-3436\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-62e0407 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"62e0407\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-07c2cb0\" data-id=\"07c2cb0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fbab32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8fbab32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">You want to know more about recycling paper and cardboard in Quebec? From collection to reuse, sorting and processing, it all starts with what goes into the blue bin!<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-531e1c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"531e1c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What goes in the bin:<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da34288 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da34288\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMost of the paper and cardboard goes into the recycling bin. Here is a detailed list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recyc-quebec.gouv.qc.ca\/citoyens\/mieux-recuperer\/quest-ce-qui-va-dans-le-bac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>what goes into the bin<\/strong><\/span><\/a> produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recyc-quebec.gouv.qc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Recyc-Qu\u00e9bec<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. Feel free to download their mobile app <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.recyc-quebec.gouv.qc.ca\/appmobile-cavaou\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00c7a va o\u00f9?<\/a><\/strong><\/span><u>\r\n<\/u>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Newspapers, flyers, catalogues, magazines<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Sheets of paper (including staples) and envelopes<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Boxes of cereals, frozen foods, laundry soap, shoes, tubes and rolls of cardboard, etc.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Flat cardboard boxes<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Cardboard rolls<\/li>\r\n \t<li>File folders<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Paper bags<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Directories<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Multi-ply cartons of milk and juice (e.g., Tetra Pak type containers)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Egg cartons<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Brown grocery paper bags<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Promotional inserts<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Invoices<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Lottery tickets<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nIn Quebec, recyclables are not sorted at the source. People can put everything in one bin. So how are the different materials separated at the sorting centers to achieve the most optimal recycling of paper and cardboard?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14c29f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"14c29f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Separation of paper and cardboard in sorting centres<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1db1a2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1db1a2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThere are different steps to separate the materials according to their composition.\r\n\r\nOne step is to perform mechanical sorting using paper and cardboard separators to separate the fibers from the containers (glass, metal and plastic). The fibers, which are lighter, remain above the rolls while the containers, being heavier, fall into a pit.\r\n\r\nA second screening of contaminants is done using infra-red optical sorters that can differentiate between fiber and plastic.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cae5ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1cae5ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Separation-du-papier-et-du-carton.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3489\" alt=\"Separation of paper and cardboard\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Separation-du-papier-et-du-carton.jpg 780w, https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Separation-du-papier-et-du-carton-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Separation-du-papier-et-du-carton-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Separation-du-papier-et-du-carton-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-389e153 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"389e153\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOnce the materials are separated, they are stored and then sent to a press that will turn them into bales.\r\n\r\nBundles of mixed paper are an amalgam of several types of fibers of different qualities and varied composition. Quality will be determined by the accepted contamination rate for bales from paper and paperboard recycling in Quebec.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b3ab35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b3ab35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Quality and characterization of bales<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3122ba8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3122ba8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe quality of the bales depends on the one hand, on what the sorting centre receives upstream and, on the other, on the performance of the equipment and the processes put in place.\r\n\r\nIt is the presence of a certain amount of contaminants, other materials such as glass or plastic that can be found in the paper and cardboard, that will determine the quality of the outgoing material.\r\n\r\nThe latest results of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.recyc-quebec.gouv.qc.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/caracterisation-matieres-sortantes-centres-de-tri-2018-2020-rapport-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">characterization report of RECYC-QU\u00c9BEC<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eeq.ca\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\u00c9co Entreprises Qu\u00e9bec<\/strong><\/span><\/a> showed that bundles of mixed paper in the province were composed of an average of 75% generally accepted fibers, thus a 25% contamination level\r\n\r\nBetween the first phase of bale characterization in 2018-2019 and the second phase in 2019-2020, this provincial average rate has increased to nearly 80%.\r\n\r\nFor its part, as an example, since Ricova has resumed the Saint-Michel sorting centre operations, it has reduced the rate of contamination of outgoing materials from 35% to 15%. Ricova is continuing its investments and improvements to reduce the level of contamination below 10%.\r\n\r\nThe quality of the bales and the ability of the domestic market to absorb the materials leaving the sorting centres in Quebec will determine where this new raw material will be valued.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e42cf2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e42cf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What markets for paper and paperboard recycling materials in Quebec?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4b87da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d4b87da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFew paper mills currently accept bundles of mixed paper in Quebec.\r\n\r\nIndeed, these paper mills use very little of this type of material made of different mixed papers.\r\n\r\nIf Quebec wants to develop these materials, it must diversify and develop new markets.\r\n\r\nInternational buyers have different needs and standards than Quebec paper mills. This is particularly the case for Asian markets, and India in particular.\r\n\r\nAt the time of the recycling crisis in 2020, it was because it had been working for years to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/en\/ricova-and-the-recycling-chain\/marketing-sales-services\/recyclable-paper-exports\/\">find new markets<\/a><\/strong><\/span> that Ricova was able to help all sorting centres in Quebec, and across Canada, to export to these international markets and thus find outlets for their materials.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce9bb9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ce9bb9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What outlets for recycled paper and cardboard?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e5a52a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e5a52a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAfter removing the adhesives, inks, staples, etc., the paper will be turned into new pulp for use in new newsprint, egg boxes, envelopes, paper towels or tissue paper.\r\n\r\nCardboard can then be transformed into new cardboard products, such as corrugated cardboard boxes, kraft paper packaging or building materials.\r\n\r\nIn short, the recycling of paper and cardboard in Quebec is well established and efficient. A good reason to make a few small gestures that will promote the quality of bundles of mixed paper:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Fold your cartons before putting them in the collection bin, to optimize the filling of the bins.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Do not leave leftover food in packages.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Avoid cutting paper into small pieces, as this reduces the length of cellulose fibers and makes recycling more difficult.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You want to know more about recycling paper and cardboard in Quebec? 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