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recyling of printed A4 Papers

07/24/2007 6:32 AM

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Can anyone give an idea for recyling printed A4 papers.

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Re: recyling of printed A4 Papers

07/24/2007 7:32 AM

About 40 years ago I met a chap who labeled himself a "waste paper collector" I thought he was mad. He however retired long ago.

I donate my paper to a school where they use it for art etc. After the are done with it they sell it to a company producing corrugated card board packing material.

I believe removing the ink / toner is not that easy.

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Re: recyling of printed A4 Papers

07/24/2007 2:15 PM
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Re: recyling of printed A4 Papers

07/27/2007 6:39 AM

One way of re-using them is making a papier-maché out of them, using a little wallpaper paste as a binder, and casting them into solid briquettes that can be dried in sunshine. The finished briquettes can be used as a solid fuel in a stove during the winter months, reducing the amount of kerosine used in the central heating boiler, and the ashes placed on the garden as a soil improver and fertiliser ready for the spring.

Otherwise, the local council takes them away in their petrol-powered pickup every 2 weeks and eventually they become newsprint. How wasteful!

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