Carton waste is one of the profitable businesses in the field of recycling. Gold waste is actually a term used for waste cartons and cardboard. Sometimes paper waste in Iran is exported to other countries. But what does this waste include? Cardboard is one of the least expensive and at the same time the most resistant products for packaging various products, which is why it is used in various industries. But these products are not used after use.
Before this, paper waste was recycled, but these days, with the increase in the price of raw materials for the production of cardboard and cardboard, its waste has been separated from paper. In some materials, factories take back their packaging from distribution centers to reuse them. For example, Korean home appliance brands take back their cartons when they sell their products, and this issue itself shows that in all Waste cardboard is reused all over the world.
Products manufactured with paper waste
Cardboard waste is used to produce new packaging, due to the expensive and scarce raw materials, it is preferable to reuse these wastes. On the other hand, the production of cardboard with raw materials will cause a lot of damage to the environment. Because a lot of trees have to be cut for this work and a lot of damage is done to the nature. Cardboard business these days is to the extent that different parts of cardboard are produced even from the recycling of waste paper. Of course, it should be noted that cardboard and paper cannot be recycled more than 7 times and after this stage they are used as fuel for paper factories. Apart from new packaging, the following products are also produced using these wastes:
Ceiling tiles
Wall covering
Handicrafts and arts
Floating papers, white top and test liner
Non -recycled carton lesions
Some of these wastes, unlike the above, cannot be recycled for various reasons:
very dirty cartons such as cartons of juicy fruits
twisted foil
small and crushed
smeared with Other materials such as fast food cartons
impregnated with petroleum materials such as glossy colored papers
Scrap
The use of paper waste helps to save the cost of packaging and water consumption is also saved because the fermentation process of raw materials of cardboard and new paper requires a lot of water. This work helps to preserve environmental resources and also creates new jobs.
For this reason, many deals are done in this field. Cardboard waste is put to public auction by various public and private companies based on their weight. For this purpose, the participants can visit these auction items and send their documents. They are put up for auction during a certain period of time. After opening the envelope of the participants, the winner of the auction will be the one who announced the highest number and is higher than the expert's number. And the sale of waste depends on whether or not the waste cartons are printed, the cleanliness of the cartons, and the number of times they are recycled. Therefore, the higher the quality of waste cardboard; Its price will also increase.