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Earth Day Thought: Waste not, want not.
April 22, 2008

 
Question: We have far too many butt rolls of various paper in our warehouse. The web pressmen are not using these rolls first. We currently have about 300+ in stock. Should we just send for recycling?

Answer: This is an issue in many plants today. Recycling should be the last thing you do and not the first. As a general rule, we save all rolls over 4´´ in diameter to use as a start-up roll for another job. The best solution I have seen is to keep all butt rolls at the roll stand of the web and not send them back to the warehouse. Once they are sent to the warehouse, they seem never to come out. Thus, keep the rolls at the press where they can easily be used and seen. 

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Posted by Raymond Prince on April 22, 2008 | Comments (0)