Georgia-Pacific plans to scale up a patented technology to recover material from food-soiled packaging, according to Resource Recycling. The company will be launching a demonstration plant for its Juno technology at its Toledo, Oregon, containerboard mill.
The technology was designed to handle difficult fiber streams, such as paper food packaging from commercial sources, including airports, fast food restaurants, stadiums, amusement parks and others, Julie Turner Davis, Director of Public Affairs and Communications for GP Packaging and Cellulose, told Resource Recycling. Paper products from those sources often include coatings, wet-strength chemicals and food residue, all of which inhibit recycling.
The company could begin ordering equipment later this year and have the system up and running in 2020, or possibly even late 2019. Davis said the project is not fully funded, and the company is still working through the permitting process. But if successfully scaled up, GP would look to expand the technology to other sites across the country.
