Recycling Paper – What is Paper Recycling & Importance Of Recycled Paper

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Recycling is the process of producing new products or materials by reprocessing used materials. There are number of materials, which can be recycled to some other useful materials. Some of them are paper, plastic, cardboard, glass, metal [such as steel, aluminum etc]. More about Recycling can be studied here… “What is recycling”.

Paper is made from cellulose – A plant fiber which is derived from wood. This cellulose is converted to pulp first then this pulp is used for the manufacturing of paper. More about paper and paper manufacturing has been discussed in detail here… “Paper manufacturing”.

About one-third of the total solid waste generated around the globe is paper waste. If the world is able to recycle only 50% of the paper then millions of trees can be saved globally. Recycling paper not only saves the energy consumption, but it also helps in reducing the air pollution [caused by the burning of paper]. The complete paper recycling procedure is discussed here…”how to recycle paper”.

What Is Paper Recycling:

Paper is recycled by converting waste paper [thrown by the consumers after use] and scrap paper [wastage in industrial pre-production level] into new usable products. Certain categories of paper, which can be recycled, are:

• Mill broke – Scrape from the paper manufacturing processes such as trimmed papers, paper pulp, etc


• Pre-Consumer Waste - Material discarded before consumer usage.


• Post-Consumer Waste – Discarded material after consumer usage, such as newspaper, office paper, notebooks, etc

What Can Be Made From The Paper Recycling:

Usually the recycled paper made from the paper recycling is of low grade then that of the original material. E.g. the fine office paper sheets can be recycled to make the newspaper, etc.  Almost 80% of the recovered paper is recycled back to form the paper or other paper related products. Rest of the 20% recycled paper can be used for the production of other products, such as wall insulations, ceilings, fuel, roofing, paint filter, animal bedding, etc.

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