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t � � 5 <br /> DDIRSIFICATION A:NID START-ITS <br /> ENTREPRENEURS SURF <br /> THE WASTE STREM <br /> Opportunities for creating marketable materials <br /> from paper mill sludge, mixed collet and low-grade plastics <br /> are now being fulfilled. <br /> T'S NOT easy to find ways to recover A fine of industrial absorbents products are created—initially with a con- <br /> "recvclable" materials with little per- are made from paper mill ceps, generally followed by feasibility stud- <br /> ceived market value, such as paper sludge generated at a New ies, engineering analysis and creation of a <br /> mill sludge, mixed broken glass and York State mill.After prototype. Then the manufacturing ca a ' <br /> p ci- <br /> low-?rade plastics. Nevertheless, Preprocessing,the sludge is ty must be built,as well as the difficult task <br /> these materials represent substantial packagedd, Pelletized and of creating markets for the new product. <br /> tonnages that could be diverted from Through it all,financing is a challenge. <br /> the waste stream. <br /> Often it takes an entrepreneurial risk tak- ADDING VALUE TO PAPER MILL SLUDGE <br /> er to create a new product or delve into mar- Most of the sludge produced at the Cham- <br /> kets that are not well developed. The fol- pion paper mill in Deferiet, New York,goes <br /> lowing examples illustrate how such new to the landfill. About one or two tons per <br /> day, however; are divert- <br /> ed into an on-site mechan- <br /> ical processing system op- <br /> erated by Cellutech Inc. <br /> This changes the consis- <br /> tency and increases ab- <br /> sorbent characteristics of <br /> the cellulose fibers mak- <br /> - ing up the majority of <br /> - _� sludge. After preprocess- <br /> �" ing,it is trucked to a plant <br /> in nearby Watertown for <br /> `^ - '" a _ granulation. pelletization <br /> and packaging into a vari- <br /> ._ T etv of shapes and sizes of <br /> sacks and flexible tubes. <br /> The material that had a <br /> nee ative value is now <br /> transformed into a family <br /> of industrial absorbent <br /> products. with the name <br /> o�.r� `,ice Liauick. which sell for <br /> ovVcr r�,�.'._ , - ` - "z._-ti 51.0 /t0 average. <br /> - 00 n on a e <br /> according to Geoff Perry, <br /> .. l/I�•.- s^ to LIQwa.` <br /> company-president. <br /> Cellutech can be com- <br /> cared to a beneficial or- <br /> Panism attached to the <br /> P9I host. Champion Paper. <br /> The paper mill allows: Cel- <br /> Ji BfC�CI'i;-$ NOl c. Sc:. 1 voo^ <br /> '� <br />