The best way of learning things is, trying them by ourselves. Starting a paper recycling process is the simplest among the other scrap recycling processes. For example there is a paper recycling plant in India by the name TARA (Technology And Rural Advancement) where certain schools have installed their paper recycling plant and using it extensively. It’s clear now how simple paper recycling is. So if they can do it, there is no reason that we can’t do it.



Paper recycling in a small scale will be easy. What about the process if it’s done as a business? Simple, everyone can earn a respectable income by collecting and selling paper to the recycling plants. And as everyone knows this does not require any specialized skills or great technical education.

“A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight" is an old saying. But things have changed a lot nowadays. Anyone willing to work (educated or not) can get into the process of paper recycling. Believe it or not there are certain paper recyclers making more than $100,000 per annum. It’s hard to believe, but that’s true.

“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business". But in case of the paper recycling industry, people can earn money for their livelihood and also it provides them an opportunity to preserve the environment. Sounds great!

So what will be the investment requirements to start a recycling plant and are they affordable? Definitely the answer is yes. The following are the requirements to start an own paper recycling plant. First of all the source is very important. But in case of paper that is not a problem at all. As we all know we live in a paper world. Second thing is collection of the material. The collection mode depends upon the scale of the business establishment we plan to begin. Large scale plants will need trucks and pickup vans. Small scale plants can hire people for collection. The main concern is the plan of transportation. An improper route of operation of collection can affect the business adversely. Then comes the requirement of land. It also depends upon the recycling plant. Finally the machinery. There are a lot of machinery suppliers for this process in the Country itself. And the important requirement of any industry is publicity. “The Internet is the world's largest library. It's just that all the books are on the floor". So effective advertising can be done on the internet. Anyway don't waste time learning the "tricks of the trade." Instead, learn the trade.

The process of paper recycling is a ten step process as below:

Adding water and applying mechanical action to separate fibers from each other.(PULPING)

Using screens, with either slots or holes, to remove contaminants that are larger than pulp fibers.(SCREENING)

Spinning the pulp slurry in a cleaner causes materials that are more dense than pulp fibers to move outward and be rejected.(CENTRIFUGAL CLEANING)

Passing air bubbles through the pulp slurry, with a surfactant present, causes ink particles to collect with the foam on the surface. By removing contaminated foam, pulp is made brighter. This step is sometimes called deinking.(FLOATATION)

Mechanical action is applied to fragment contaminant particles.(DISPERSION)

Small particles are removed by passing water through the pulp. (WASHING)

If white paper is desired, bleaching uses peroxides or hydrosulfites to remove color from the pulp.

The clean (and/or bleached) fiber is made into a "new" paper product in the same way that virgin paper is made.(PAPER MAKING)

Process water is cleaned for reuse. (DISSOLVED AIR FLOATATION)

The unusable material left over, mainly ink, plastics, filler and short fibers, is called sludge. The sludge is buried in a landfill, burned to create energy at the paper mill or used as a fertilizer by local farmers. (WATER DISPOSAL)

BOTTOM LINE:

Improvement usually means doing something that we have never done before. So why waiting for someone to start the business first? Paper recycling needs very low investment and many people also get benefited by getting employments. The main thing in this industry is publicity and exposure to the industry. The are lot of websites that provide promotion and bundles of information regarding this field. Like the saying “National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway", certain websites like www.recycleinme.com provide lot of information about the recycling industry, provide trends in international market and also they provide lot of support to improve the firm. Still do you think all these are impossible? Then it’s like “THE IMPOSSIBLE IS OFTEN THE UNTRIED".