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7 Million Briquettes from Beverage Cartons

300 per hour, 7,200 per day – that’s how many briquettes are regularly pressed from excess cartons and paper dust using a WEIMA TH 714 briquette press at Elopak in Lystrup, Denmark. These briquettes are then used to generate energy in a local heating plant. A sustainable success story that underscores the Scandinavian company’s commitment to environmental protection and circular economy.

Fighting Fine Dust

Tons of process-related fine dust are produced during the recycling of paper waste. Many companies are literally sitting on a powder keg of paper particles. Enava Limited from South Wales relies on WEIMA compaction technology to minimize the risks of an explosion while protecting the health of its employees on site. A new C 150 briquette press now presses paper dust into compact briquettes that are then sold as an energy source.

Pulper Waste. Power. Profit.

A Turkish company, KMK Paper, becomes self-sufficient by converting its pulper waste from paper production into a fuel that provides energy for its own operations. The company lowers costs while reducing waste in the environment!

easy2cool employees stand in the production area with the coolers in their hands

All the taste, none of the waste

Producing paper products generates a lot of waste. In the classic recycling cycle, the production waste or surplus is shredded and then returned to the production process. The Munich start-up company easy2cool has a different but equally sustainable use for paper waste. Using a WEIMA WLK 1500 Shredder, revolutionary and sustainable insulating elements are made from corrugated cardboard packaging.