How Long Can We Keep Doing Things the Way We Are Doing Them Now? - A Look at the Limits to Current Deinking Technology, 1993 Recycling Symposium Proceedings
Loreen D. Ferguson
As the title implies - where are we on the new technology curve for recyling and deinking? New technology encompasses both the better mousetrap and the cheese used in the mousetrap. Chemistry and equipment changes, combined with a deeper understanding of the fundamentals behind recycling, are essential to move forward. Will there be radical new technology on the new horizon? Or will we be making systematic improvements in the existing process. This paper endevours to explore the limits to the current technology and to speculate on where we need to go.