WastePaper+Recycling+Plant+-+Introduction (1)

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WastePaper Recycling Plant

Executive Summary

For many decades in our country, the dynamic interplay of lack of awareness,

ignorance, apathy, callousness has contributed significantly to environmental

degradation. As the repercussions of our past activities become apparent on todays

environment, there is growing public and judicial pressure on the industry to

actively maintain, if not improve, environment quality. Our endeavor is to promote

the concept of sustainable livelihood by focusing on both, environment and income

generation by putting up plants of waste paper recycling .

Our waste paper recycling plant offers a sustainable solution to the growing

environmental problem by adopting paper recycling processes using which even a

common man can turn waste paper and cotton rags into paper. Our approach is

neither a model that aims to incorporate all the key elements of people's livelihoods

and environment conservation, nor a universal solution. Rather, it is a means of

stimulating thought and analysis so that it could be adapted and elaborateddepending on the situation..


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Introduction

The Sustainable Livelihood Generation is an initiative to address the problem of

spiraling poverty as well as environmental degradation simultaneously. The

approach focuses on improving local peoples well being and at the same time

ensuring the conservation of the environment. A sustainable livelihood is

concerned with both environmental influences on human life and human

influences on the environment. On the one hand, the surroundings of a

community should not harm its members and should provide for all their

necessities of life. On the other, local communities and its people should be

caretakers and not destroyers of the planet and its ecosystems. The

Sustainable Livelihood framework places people, particularly underprivileged

youth and poor people, at the centre of a web of inter-related influences that

affect how these people create a livelihood for themselves and their households.

The approach identifies the main constraints and opportunities faced by these

people. To achieve this, the approach focuses on two main areas that are also

interlinked,

Sustainable Natural Resources Management which involves

conservation of resources, and

Income Generation which involves developing and promoting small

scale and environment friendly micro- enterprises including waste

paper recycling.

The sustainable livelihood generation is concerned with local aspects of

environmental sustainability and community well being.


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Goals of the project:

To improve the environment by recycling waste paper using a well proven

recycling plant to produce useful products.

To provide the poor with essential information, skills and awareness

through sustainable livelihood and income generation programs

To deliver projects in a manner that takes into account the importance of

environment conservation and sustainable management of natural

resources.

To directly involve local community groups in the project delivery cycle,

including planning, implementation and monitoring & evaluation phases, in

order to ensure the local ownership and sustainability of the project

To enhance the effective participation in the areas of income generation and

micro credit specially for under privileged youth to build and operate

sustainable micro-enterprises such as waste paper recycling plant

Detailed Plan of the Project

Techknow will organize discussion with the community groups on the need and

importance of conserving environment while focusing on their income

generation opportunities at the same time. Communities need to be well

informed and aware about the various environmental, social, cultural,

economic and political phenomena that affect their lives and the many ways in

which their own action affect their local environment. With mutual consensus

among these people, we will facilitate the process of putting up of waste paper

recycling plant.


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Waste Paper Recycling Plant

The rate of consumption of paper in India is approximately 5 kg/capita, with

an expected growth rate of 6-7 % per annum over the next five years. For every

tonne of paper, the paper industry guzzles up 2.8 tonnes of dry timber and

2400 gallons of water besides electricity and other resources.

Moreover the

volume of waste paper generated is growing at an alarming rate hampering the

already degenerating environment. This calls for an immediate step to prevent

further degradation of environment.

Our waste paper recycling plant offers a sustainable solution to this growingenvironmental problem by adopting paper recycling processes. The plant is

based on an effective and yet simple technology with which even a layman can

turn waste paper and cotton rags into paper.

Process

The raw material is sorted manually to remove foreign material and dust and

then sent to chopper. The chopped pieces are then subjected to beating where

the raw material is pulped in water with the help of machine. A small amount

of pulp is poured evenly into a mould and the excess water is mechanically

drained out from it using a hydraulic press/screw press. The sheets of paper

are dried by hanging in the open. Small dirt particles are removed mechanically

with the help of a sharp instrument. The cleaned sheet can be coated with

starch to further improve the physical property of the paper. In this process the

sheets are placed between metallic sheets and passed between rollers of a

calendaring machine. This process smoothens the paper and also improves its

gloss.


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The handmade paper obtained can be used for making various articles such as

greeting cards, carry bags, letterheads, visiting cards etc.The market for

handmade paper and handmade paper products is increasing rapidly. At

present it is being promoted as a replacement for plastic bags and is rapidly

gaining in importance. Many shops and stores have slowly started shifting to

paper packages for their products keeping customer demand in view and for

enhancing their environmental image. Apart from the products mentioned above

innovative paper crafts are also popular in the market and are regarded as premium

products.

Capacity and Cost of the Plant

* Includingtaxes and excluding land cost

The plant will require 1000 to 6000 liters of water per day and 2 KW to 12 KW

of electricity in its three phases. And it can be recycled also.

Size of the plant Capacity Cost* Space

Required

No. of

person that

can be

employed

Small

(Suited for Schools)

15- 20 kgs perday

3.75Lakhs

400 Sq. feet 2 to 3

Medium(Suited for Educational

Institutes)

Approximately60 kgs

10Lakhs

3000 Sq. feet 12

Large(Suited for commercial

purposes)

Approximately200 kgs

25Lakhs

6900 Sq. feet 20 to 25


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Employment Generation

The Waste Paper Recycling Plant will generate skilled employment as the plant will

employ staff (initially 2) after training them in the handmade paper manufacturing

process. In the longer run this will also enhance their livelihood opportunity. It will

also help to earn revenues through the sale of handmade paper and products made

out of it.

Products made from Handmade Paper

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