{"id":53640,"date":"2023-02-21T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffelmedien.ch\/the-paper-and-cardboard-cycle\/"},"modified":"2024-02-27T09:41:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T08:41:03","slug":"the-paper-and-cardboard-cycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffelmedien2026.staffelmedien.net\/en\/the-paper-and-cardboard-cycle\/","title":{"rendered":"The paper and cardboard cycle"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Paper and cardboard are raw materials and not waste. By improving machine and paper quality, the proportion of waste paper \/ cardboard in the various types of paper and cardboard has been steadily increased. A fiber can go through several recycling processes.<\/p>\n\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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This is what the paper and cardboard cycle looks like:<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Collection<\/span><\/h3>\nPaper and cardboard are collected and in many places even picked up on the doorstep.\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Transportation<\/span><\/h3>\nThe recyclables are collected and transported to the nearest sorting center or directly to the paper or cardboard factory.\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Sorting and pressing<\/span><\/h3>\n

There, the recyclable materials are first sorted by hand or by machine and then partly compressed into standard bales, mainly cardboard<\/p>\n\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Dissolving the fibers \/ removing the ink<\/span><\/h3>\n

The cardboard and paper are then mixed with water in the pulper to create a pulpy mixture that is easy to shape and separate.
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Paper machine<\/span><\/h3>\nThe paper pulp, which has been cleaned, coated and smoothed, is rolled onto a large reel.\n\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Processing<\/span><\/h3>\nThe recycled cardboard and recycled paper can now be reused. For example, new cardboard boxes, newsprint and shop window decorations are made from it.\n\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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What belongs in which collection – and what doesn’t<\/p>\n\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Paper<\/h3>\n

All types of paper (including glossy paper), newspapers, magazines and brochures without coating, books without covers, envelopes from household collections (including with windows)<\/p>\n\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Cardboard box<\/h3>\n

Uncoated cardboard, clean egg, fruit and vegetable cartons, clean pizza boxes, folders (without metal parts), paperback books, telephone books, empty detergent cartons, paper carrier bags, large quantities of envelopes (industrial waste), shredded material from document shredders and sugar and gelling sugar bags<\/p>\n\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Baking paper, flower paper, coated paper and cardboard with thin plastic film, photo books, food bags, soup bags, frozen food boxes, soiled cardboard, wet-strength paper, butcher’s paper (silicone paper), napkins, plastic-coated paper, beverage cartons (Tetrapak), adhesive labels or tapes, foreign materials such as polystyrene or metal.<\/p>\n\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Recycling process<\/h3>\n

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  1. Preparation of waste paper<\/strong>
    \nRecovery and cleaning of the paper base material for production. A newspaper can be recycled around 7 times.<\/li>\n \t
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    \nPM7 360,000 tons of newsprint paper per year, PM4 200,000 tons of magazine paper per year<\/li>\n \t
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    \nWaste paper content: newsprint 85-100%, magazine paper 55%<\/li>\n \t
  4. Your newspaper<\/strong>
    on the breakfast table on time\nCollecting and recycling waste paper is an active contribution to environmental protection.<\/li>\n \t
  5. Collecting in the community<\/strong>
    \n60 kilograms of waste paper per inhabitant per year<\/li>\n \t
  6. Ecological recycling of waste paper<\/strong>
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    Recycling<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEcological and economic advantages also apply to this fraction: The recycling of paper and cardboard is more environmentally friendly than the production of new fibers. At the same time, waste paper is a cheap raw material without which the Swiss paper and cardboard industry would be called into question. The collection rate is 81.7% (2019)\n\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Paper and cardboard are raw materials and not waste. Improvements in machine and paper quality are constantly increasing the proportion of waste paper and cardboard in raw materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":52846,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffelmedien2026.staffelmedien.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffelmedien2026.staffelmedien.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffelmedien2026.staffelmedien.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffelmedien2026.staffelmedien.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffelmedien2026.staffelmedien.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staffelmedien2026.staffelmedien.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffelmedien2026.staffelmedien.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffelmedien2026.staffelmedien.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffelmedien2026.staffelmedien.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffelmedien2026.staffelmedien.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}