RECOVERED PAPER RECOVERY

IN MALAYSIA

BY
Mohamad Razi b. Idris
Assistant Manager, Secondary Fibre Department
Pascorp Paper Industries Bhd, Bentong Pahang
 CONTENTS

Flowchart of Recovery Process

Recovered Paper Grades
Sources of Recovered Paper
Stages of Recovery
Statistic
Challenges
 FLOW CHART OF
RECOVERY PROCESS
Collection at - Residential area
- Offices
- Industrial sector e.g. Factory
- Hypermarket

Packers/Suppliers - Baling

Paper Mills
MAJOR RECOVERED PAPER GRADES IN MALAYSIA
Various Grades:
ONP old newspapers

OMG old magazines

B&W black & white

OCC old corrugated cartons

MC mixed colour

MP mixed paper

Source from MPPMA

SOURCES OF RECOVERED PAPER
Post Consumer:

Type Major Sources

OCC Supermarkets, factories
ONP Households
B&W Offices

Source from MPPMA

STEP 1 : COLLECTION POINTS
 OTHER POINT OF COLLECTION VARIOUS PRIVATE AND
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

BANK INDIVIDUAL MAJLIS PERBANDARAN

UiTM POLICE SWCORP
OPEN DAY COLLECTION
 STEP 2 : RECOVERED PAPER SENT TO
PACKER/SUPPLIER PREMISES
Recovered paper loaded
into small lorry at
hypermarket/factory

Recovered paper loaded

into large bin and ready for
movement

Recovered paper brought Recovered paper weighted

to packer/ supplier at packer/supplier premise
premise
STEP 3 : RECOVERED PAPER STORED AT
PACKERS/SUPPLIERS PREMISES
STEP 4 : BALING PROCESS AT PACKER/
SUPPLIER PREMISES
STEP 5 : RECOVERED PAPER SENT
TO PAPER MILL
STEP 6 : RECOVERED PAPER
RECEIVED BY PAPER MILL
STEP 7 : FINISHED GOODS
 STATISTIC OF
RECOVERED PAPER
MALAYSIA RECOVERED PAPER COLLECTION VOLUME

About 1.6 million tonnes collected a year

Grade % Usages

OCC, MC, MP 73 Packaging paper

ONP/OMG 17 Newsprint, packaging paper, egg trays

B&W 10 Tissue, newsprint, printing and writing

Source from MPPMA

RECOVERED PAPER DEMAND AND SUPPLY

Source from MPPMA

 CHALLENGES OF
MALAYSIA PULP & PAPER INDUSTRY
1. Domestic mills are expected to import more from 3Q2015
onwards as consumer spending declined after the
implementation of Good and Service Tax.
2. The weakening RM against USD has increase cost of importing
resulted in higher manufacturing cost.
3. As domestic mills increased its utilization, the price increase
pressure on domestic recovered paper is unavoidable.

Source from MPPMA

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