Recycling and Shredding of Paper and Cardboard

Processing production waste in a resource-saving manner

The production of paper products regularly produces a lot of waste. The production waste or production surplus, for example in the form of paper bales, paper cuttings, paper rolls or paper sheets, presents many companies with logistical challenges. In order to reduce large volumes economically, industrial shredding by means of a shredder is ideally suited. The shredded pieces can be reintegrated into production processes, e.g. of new pulp.

Customer applications and sample materials from the paper industry

Efficient data destruction

The disposal of confidential documents, files and data media requires particularly secure shredding technologies. Many companies therefore have special data protection containers available for collection. These are collected by the appropriate service providers and destroyed externally, either on site or at a central location, in other words shredded.

Especially the mobile document destruction on an individually designed vehicle is in line with the trend, as it is particularly flexible. In this case, a compact WEIMA shredder is permanently installed on the loading area and guarantees full security and data protection. In addition to data in paper form, our machines also shred e-waste such as CDs, floppy disks, hard disks and USB sticks if required. The choice of different screen sizes defines the grain size of the shredded material. This enables users to offer legally certified data destruction.

Safety risk paper dust

Workers in the paper processing industry are traditionally exposed to high concentrations of dust and fibers. This is particularly harmful to the lungs and can cause illness. In addition, non-exhausted paper residues pose a considerable risk of explosion, which must be avoided. For this reason, we recommend the use of suitable extraction systems with filters and subsequent briquetting. If required, the compacted dust can be used as a fuel to generate heating energy within the company.

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