Welcome to the28th INGEDE Symposium
13 February 2019
Munich, Germany
Thomas KrauthaufInternational Association of the Deinking Industry
(INGEDE)
INGEDE Symposium 2019
Recyclability
Paper for Recycling
Deinking ProcessINGEDE Thematic Pillars
Within the Paper Value Chain
Virgin Filler & Fibre
Recyclability
Paper for Recycling
Deinking Process
INGEDE Symposium 2019
Recyclability
Paper for Recycling
Deinking ProcessINGEDE Thematic Pillars –
General Trends
• Higher diversity of printing technologies
• New Inks in conventional printing
• New converting technologies and materials
Recyclability Paper for Recycling Deinking Process
• Declining share of graphic products in Household collection
• Declining availability of deinking grades
• Increasing use in “white fiber based” packaging
• Increasing share of board in deinking grades
• Increasing load of non‐paper components
• High ash content
• Decreasing brightness potential
• Increasing problems with “stickies”
INGEDE Symposium 2019
Recyclability
Paper for Recycling
Deinking ProcessRecyclability Case A –
Pressure Sensitive Labels
• Recovered paper contains increased amountsof pressure sensitive labels
• The adhesives typically used for PSL are hardly separable in paper recycling processand stay “sticky” with heavy impact on
– Paper production process
– Paper machine maintenance
– Final paper quality
Thus stickers are not recyclable and INGEDE has raised thechallenge and pushed suppliers to find a solution
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INGEDE Symposium 2019
Recyclability
Paper for Recycling
Deinking ProcessRecyclability Case B –
UV Cured Prints
• UV cured inks in most cases lead to dirt specks in paper produced from recovered paper due to
– too little fragmentation,
– too little hydrophobicity
• UV curing with “environmental friendly” drying (e. g. LED) does at least not support to solve the problem
• INGEDE has raised the topics many times, which finally led to increased research activities at printing ink manufacturers
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INGEDE Symposium 2019
Recyclability
Paper for Recycling
Deinking ProcessRecyclability Case C –
INDIGO Liquid Toner Prints
• Already in 2001, problems with Indigo liquid toner were identified by CTP
• “Accidental Mill Trial”: Significant damage at a paper mill with small amount of Indigo printer waste was reported already in 2010
• Several incidents at different mills and negative recyclability tests
• INGEDE has raised the topic many times and “…COPACEL, FEDEREC, UNIIC and HP call on printers to implement a separate collection of waste and scrap from HP Indigo technology prints…” in July 2018
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INGEDE Symposium 2019
Recyclability
Paper for Recycling
Deinking Process
INGEDE Projects 2018
• INGEDE Project 150 16: ISO/TC 6/WG 14 INGEDE Project 153 17 PMV: Deinkability Survey 2017
• INGEDE Project 154 17: Moisture Measuring Device
• INGEDE Project 155 18: Recyclability 2018
• INGEDE Project 156 18: Hyperspectral Camera
• INGEDE Project 157 18: Entry Inspection Audit
• INGEDE Project 158 18: Deinkable UV‐Ink PreLabTrial
INGEDE Symposium 2019
Recyclability
Paper for Recycling
Deinking Process
Third‐party funded projects 2018
• IGF 18521: Mikro‐Stickyagglomeration (Microsticky agglomeration)
• IGF 18664: Deinking‐Kreislaufwasserreinigung mitkeramischen Membranen
• IGF 19080BG Mineralölfreie Druckfarben
• IGF 19118: Charakterisierung der Altpapierqualität
• Mineralölfreier Zeitungsdruck (Mineral oil free newsprint)FOGRA/UBA – Project in progress
INGEDE Symposium 2019
Recyclability
Paper for Recycling
Deinking ProcessRecyclability of Printed Products
– Current Major Topics
• UV printing technologies
– Deinkability issues lead to co‐operation with ink manufacturers
– Meetings and conferences at bvdm in Berlin
– IGF Project of PMV and SID launched in Jan 2019
• Monitoring the development of “mineral oil optimised” ink
• Methods and standardisation
– Deinkability assessment ISO 21331 – scope changed to guideline document, work ongoing
– Discolouration test method ISO 21896 in DIS ballot
– Deinkability method ISO 21993 passed DIS ballot, but with many comments
INGEDE Symposium 2019
Recyclability
Paper for Recycling
Deinking ProcessPaper for Recycling
– Current Major Topics
• Availability of graphic paper for recycling– Balanced availability in 2018 with support from CHINA
– Increased production of “white fiber based” packaging (e. g. white top liner) requires additional share of graphic papers from the graphic loop
Increased and improved collection
Increased sorting of mixed grades
More efficient sorting capacities
• Methods and standardisation– Sampling standard EN 17085 passed prEN ballot,
is currently under FprEN ballot
– Revision of EN 643 and standard (based on INGEDE Method 14)to determine composition are in preparation
INGEDE Symposium 2019
Recyclability
Paper for Recycling
Deinking ProcessDeinking Process
– Current Major Topics
• Optical defects in paper and prints– Dirt specks, particularly for users of high
grades of paper for recycling
– Hickeys
Task Force “Foreign Particles”
• Lower brightness potential in standard grades– Analysis ongoing
– Activities in preparation
• Stickies– Cost and effect matrix developed
to exchange of experience
– Common ways to solve the issue to be discussed
INGEDE Symposium 2019
Recyclability
Paper for Recycling
Deinking ProcessNews from the European Paper Recycling
Council (EPRC) – 2018/2019
• Monitoring Report 2017:
– Resilient European paper recycling inchallenging international context
– Recycling rate: 72,3 %
– Europe is the paper recycling champion!
• Revision of Removal Scorecard with respect to hotmelt adhesive applications completed(larger revision postponed due to working capacity)
• Updating of Recyclability Guidelinedocument initiated (but postponed due to working capacity, planned for 2019)
INGEDE Symposium 2019
Recyclability
Paper for Recycling
Deinking Process
Further Ongoing Activities 2018
• 16 meetings in the value chain
– 6 Technical Committees
– 10 bilateral meetings
• 16 standardisation meetings
– 9 physical (Berlin, Boulder, Brussels, Seoul)
– 7 telephone conferences and WebEx
– Additionally: 10 informal telephone conferences and WebEx
INGEDE Symposium 2019
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Paper for Recycling
Deinking Process
Further Ongoing Activities 2018
• 11 participations at conferences and events (7 with lectures)– Paper for recycling – availability, quality
– Recyclability and deinkability
• New website in German, English, and for members– Responsive (= also for mobile access)
INGEDE Symposium 2019
Recyclability
Paper for Recycling
Deinking ProcessINGEDE Working Groups –
Activities 2018
• Working Group Recyclability(Dennis Voß)
20 June in Berlin, Germany
11 December, telephone conference
• Working Group Deinking Process (Anne‐Katrin Klar)
20/21 March, Schongau, Germany
7/8 November, Eilenburg, Germany
• Working Group Paper for Recycling(Manfred Geistbeck)
18/19 April, Perlen, Switzerland
23/24 October, Schrobenhausen, Germany
INGEDE Symposium 2019
Recyclability
Paper for Recycling
Deinking Process
INGEDE Members
INGEDE is the organisation of the deinking mills.
Currently 27 paper millsare members of INGEDE, who utilised about 6,4 million tons of paper for recycling in 2018.
Already 7 partners activelysupport the work of INGEDE since 2018
INGEDE Symposium 2019
Recyclability
Paper for Recycling
Deinking Process
7 IN
GED
E Partners
INGEDE Gold Partner
INGEDE Silver Partner
INGEDE Bronze Partner
INGEDE Symposium 2019
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Deinking Process
INGEDE in 30 Years
• Commonly financed research on deinking process, collection and recyclability of printed products to support the success of increased of Recycling Rate in Europe
• Successful against the threat of water based flexographic printing spreading over Europe
• Raising awareness and triggering improvements at new threats, e. g. UV, inkjet, liquid toner, PSA
• Providing orientation for printers and converters to improve recyclability by defining methods and financing surveys, resulting in assessment schemes and ecolabel criteria
• Developing standards to secure quality of PfR at the mills
INGEDE Symposium 2019
Recyclability
Paper for Recycling
Deinking ProcessINGEDE
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