Foreword

SECTION 1. Recycling Capacity and Outlook

1. Recycling Capacity to Increase at Record hres as Laws Proliferate 2. Wastepaper hlarket on Rocky Road: IJnusual Condirions Impede Recovery 3. New Projects Proliferate as Industry Meets Recycling Demand

SECTION 2. Wastepaper Supply and Demand 4.New Markets Open as Public Demand Grows for Recycleti P~perProducts 5. Demand Increases for Recycled Printing and Writing 6. U.S. leatls the World in Protluction and Consumption of Wastepaper 7. Municipal Solid Waste and the Paper lndustry: The Next Five Years 8. States, Municipalities Change Course in Dealing with Wastepdper Handling 9. Legislation Pushing Paper Industry Despite Limited Recycling Know How 10. Trash Crunch Drives Demand for Recycled Printinflriting

SECTION 3. Economics of Recycling

11. Economics Favor Increased Use of Recycled Fiber in Most Furnishes 12. The Economics Are Right for U.S. Mills to Recycle Old Yewspapers 13. Environmental Concerns, Economics Drive Technology 14. New Technology, Economic Benefits Give Boost to Seconday Fiber i!se I 15. OCC Consumption Expected to Grow as Cost of Vjrgin Fiber Increases I SECTION 4. Wastepaper Collection Practices 16. Wastepaper Dealer Sees Boom Ahead as Industry IIps Recycling Effort 17. More Recycied Capacity Will Affect Wastepaper Supply Quality, Quantity 18. Southeast Recycling Corp. Expands to Ensure Ample ONP Supply at Mill 19. Contaminant Removal, Timely Use Vital to Qudity OKP Fiber Yield 20. Noranda Meets New Fine Paper Postconsumer Waste Standards SECTION 5. Pulping, Screening, and Cleaning 21. Increased Use of Wastepaper Spurs lmprovemrnts in Pulper Efficiency 22. Alkali Smking Ups Quility, Yield of occ Used in Boxhoard Furnishes 23. Separate Pulping of Magazines. ONP Yields Cost. Consistency Benefits 24. Cleaning of Secondary Fiber Stickies May Necessitate Monitoring for vocs 25. Continuous Drum Repulping System Features High-Consistency Stock 26. Contour Surface Cylinders Boost Wastepaper Screening Efficiency Z7. Screening and Cleaning Systems Challrnged hy New Contaminants 28. Chmmically Induced Drainage Boosts Recycled Board Mill Output hy 50"/0

SECTION 6. Deinking Technology 29. Mills Considering New Deinking Line Must Answer Environmental Questions 30. Deinking of Secondary Fiber Gains Acceptance as Technology Evolves 31. Mill Chemistry Must Be Considered Before Making Deink Line Decision 32. Deinking Equipment De~nandIncreases as More Mills Study Wastepaper Use 33. Chemical Application Expands in WashindFlotation Deinking Systems 34. Fiber Substitution with Pulper Deinking Reduces Furnish Costs 35. Flotation Deinking 1s Critical in Unit Process Method of Deinking 36. Proper Deinking Chemistry, Bleaching Technique Crucial to Brightness j7, Appropriate Chemical Additives Are Key to lmproved Deinking Operations 38. Cold Dispersion Unit Boosts Deinking Efficiency at Japanese Tissue Mills

SECTION 7. Recycling Mill Expansions and Modernizations

3'). Augusta Brings Recycled oKP!OMG Retrofit System Online 40. Recycled Inc. Resrarts Idled Mill with $14-Million Overhaul 41. Wisconsin Tis.?ue Expands Recycled Capaciiy with $160-Million Upgrade 42. MacMillan Bloedel Pine Hill Expnnsion is Qualiry Driven 43. Mobile Paperboard's Recycled Board Cyljnder Machine First in I5 Years 44. Cascades' Deinking Plant Producing High-Grade Market Pulp from Waste ti. Seminole Kraft Advances Recycling of Newspaper with "Good News" Rag 46. Miami Paper I'ses Wishing, Floatation at Recycled Fine in Ohio 47. Atlas Srarts Second Tissue Machine That Runs on Recycled Wastepaper 48. Ponderosa Fihres Expands to Meet Demands for Recycled Market Pulp 49. Stone-Snowflake Boosts Newsprint Quality with Deink System Upgrade