deinking

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A core process in waste paper treatment, used to remove printer's ink from the fibers
A process that removes inks, dyes or other contaminants from collected wastepaper
The process of removing inks, coatings, sizing, adhesives and/ or impurities from waste paper before recycling the fibers into a new sheet
The removal of print inks from paper by use of alkaline solutions that contain caustic soda, silicates, dispersant, soaps and sometimes oxygen bleach
A process in which most of the ink, filler and other extraneous material is removed from printed and/or unprinted recovered paper The result is a pulp which can be used, along with varying percentages of wood pulp, in the manufacture of new paper, including printing, writing and office papers as well as tissue
Removal of printing ink and impurities from recovered paper; deinking is intended to produce recycled fibre pulp with maximum whiteness and purity