How is Paper Recycled? Learn About the Recycling Process at Pratt Industries

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  • čas přidán 11. 11. 2021
  • Learn more about recycling and where the material goes when it leaves your curbside. Take a tour of Pratt Industries Material Recovery Facility in Conyers, GA. Journey along as we take you through our recycling process. Watch as the recovered material arrives via trailers and is sorted by material type (plastic, aluminum, paper). The recovered mixed paper is then taken to our paper mill where it's cleaned, repulped and converted into new 100% recycled paper that's used in Pratt's 100% recycled boxes!
    Pratt Recycling is a part of Pratt Industries, the 5th largest corrugated packaging company in the USA and the world’s largest, privately-held producer of 100% recycled containerboard. Pratt Recycling Division is a full service recycler with 19 recycling facilities. Pratt utilizes the paper products collected in the production of its 100% recycled content paper and packaging solutions. Our mission is to create sustainable recycling solutions for our customers that maximize waste diversion, create cost savings and revenue stream for valuable recyclables previously landfilled, all the while minimizing the environmental impact by preserving natural resources for future generations.
    Every year Pratt diverts 3 million tons of paper, other recyclable materials and waste-to-clean energy materials from the landfill. Some items that cannot be recycled are used as fuel for Pratt’s clean energy plant which powers the paper-making process. We close the loop! Learn more at Recycle.PrattIndustries.com.
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Komentáře • 68

  • @stevenarmer8245
    @stevenarmer8245 Před rokem +43

    I work for Pratt Industries, I only see the converting side where the rolls are turned into corrugated boxes. Then I load them all into semi trailers for different companies. Proctor & Gamble being probably our biggest customer. Pratt is an amazing company to work for. I couldn't be happier with my job. I'm a forklift operator & love it. 🇺🇸

    • @vzade
      @vzade Před rokem +2

      P&G is a giant of a company. I'm glad that there's a competitor out there for them, especially a quality one like Pratt Industries

    • @KaranSinghBhati-yu9sm
      @KaranSinghBhati-yu9sm Před 9 měsíci

      Hello , can I get your Instagram I'd please

    • @C4MMU5
      @C4MMU5 Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@vzade P&G is their customer, not a competitor

    • @vzade
      @vzade Před 7 měsíci

      @@C4MMU5 LMAO

    • @C4MMU5
      @C4MMU5 Před 7 měsíci

      @@vzade P&G also makes paper products of course, not corrugated boxes though

  • @NeilGastonguay
    @NeilGastonguay Před 2 lety +51

    A remarkable process. I don't envy the manual sorters and the speed at which they have to work.

    • @650sFinnest
      @650sFinnest Před rokem +12

      They should at least get chairs. I never understood the big deal about making workers stand. Standing in position never moving is not any healthier than sitting.

  • @TheDeadbirdy
    @TheDeadbirdy Před 2 lety +13

    This is amazing. Tell the engineers they are awesome.

  • @DeloiVarden
    @DeloiVarden Před 2 lety +15

    One of the best recycling processors I have seen. Wish more would follow in your footsteps!

  • @sarahseiver8819
    @sarahseiver8819 Před 2 lety +8

    Fascinating! Thank you for that window into where our recyclables go

    • @ismailakbar6449
      @ismailakbar6449 Před 2 lety +1

      I don't understand what they are recycling. Is it it paper into cardboard it's confusing.

    • @donnash5813
      @donnash5813 Před 2 lety

      @@ismailakbar6449 Paper, cardboard. aluminum cans, tin cans, #1 and #2 plastic are highly recyclable. It's the #3 to #7 plastic that is not valuable that is the biggest problem.

  • @ariesdarkmage2987
    @ariesdarkmage2987 Před 2 lety +5

    I absolutely enjoy watching the recycling of materials and the new innovations stepping up the game because simply puts the level we are going to go to the next generation is going to make the biggest impact you'll ever see on the best way for our lives to live

    • @gordonwelcher9598
      @gordonwelcher9598 Před rokem

      Millions of tons of toilet paper is flushed away every day.
      We should collect it for recycling.
      It could be used to make many items such as paper plates, drinking cups and straws.
      They could be dyed brown to hide any leftover impurities.

  • @oregonpatriot1570
    @oregonpatriot1570 Před 2 lety +8

    1:35 Can you imagine the stress of a line moving THAT FAST while your job is to sort it?

  • @svcarranza
    @svcarranza Před 2 lety +24

    Truly remarkable process. I can’t help but wonder if there would be less need for mechanical sorters if we sorted our recyclables ourselves into different bins rather than all into a blue bin (i.e. glass, cans, cardboard, paper).

    • @NickCBax
      @NickCBax Před 2 lety +6

      Sorting into different bins leads to higher quality materials, but fewer people actually recycle then.
      The mixed recycling blue bin is a compromise.

    • @Driver0378
      @Driver0378 Před rokem +1

      Where we live, we have blue bins for plastic/metal one week, other week is black bin which is paper/cardboard. Both weeks are also green bin for compostables.

    • @extraterrestrial7424
      @extraterrestrial7424 Před měsícem

      In our country (Czech Rep.) there is a standard of blue bin for paper and cardboard, yellow bin for plastic and cans and green bin for glass (these are sometimes further separated into white and colored glass). However, no bins for porcelain that still goes to communal waste and all kind of electronics are supposed to go to electroshops which collect them, and unused medicine to apothecaries which collect them, in practice they both mostly end up in communal, even batteries and dangerous stuff. Clothes mostly end up in communal too.

  • @gregelliott5016
    @gregelliott5016 Před 2 lety +5

    These videos are educating and informative

  • @sckumar6812
    @sckumar6812 Před 2 lety +3

    nice work to save the environment , keep it up guys

  • @johnjohnf.webber1820
    @johnjohnf.webber1820 Před 3 měsíci

    Hopefully thier processes for paper recycling is franchised to other nations. It'll create proper standards in other nations who use paper or paper products.

  • @khawerkhan2897
    @khawerkhan2897 Před 2 lety +1

    this video is quite admirable . love it

  • @jeffreysivyer8939
    @jeffreysivyer8939 Před 2 lety +1

    The US can show the world what can be done when there is a dollar to be made . Congratulations to the engineers and investors

  • @rogiervantilburg3440
    @rogiervantilburg3440 Před 10 měsíci

    excellent video!!

  • @stevieboy6286
    @stevieboy6286 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Very impressive. Just curious about the metal staples in magazines etc, how are they removed?

  • @ZuLuuuuuu
    @ZuLuuuuuu Před 3 měsíci

    In Belgium, we put plastics and paper into different bins, and they are collected separately as well. Probably not perfect, but it still reduces the manual labor significantly.

  • @andrewrodriguez8492
    @andrewrodriguez8492 Před 11 měsíci

    Bro this makes me happy🤓

  • @mussim2919
    @mussim2919 Před 3 měsíci

    Love the video, enjoyed every single bits of it. Can you make a HD video and longer please? Thanks a lot.

  • @yvettecintron3988
    @yvettecintron3988 Před 2 lety

    Awesome

  • @_runta
    @_runta Před rokem

    Thats cool😮❤

  • @sambhavgrover5167
    @sambhavgrover5167 Před 2 lety +3

    Where do the plastics (such as PP, PET) and aluminum goes after being separated from paper? Do you recycle these plastics and aluminum on your own or do you send this to other companies who have plastic/aluminium recycling capabilities?

  • @dwarfbard
    @dwarfbard Před 6 měsíci

    One thing that came to mind - why isn't the cardboard going straight onto the conveyor line? Why does it have to have an extra heavy machinery step?!

  • @Foersom_
    @Foersom_ Před 2 lety +2

    1:25 "Eddy current aluminum", too fast, please tell us more about this step.

  • @Tony.Technics.1200s
    @Tony.Technics.1200s Před rokem

    Holy smokes! I had no clue....

  • @elenaarctr4199
    @elenaarctr4199 Před 6 měsíci

    I believe, that some of the process can be remove if people could separate plastic, alumin, and others

  • @nickbaler888
    @nickbaler888 Před rokem

    nice

  • @LMaudy
    @LMaudy Před 2 měsíci

    If someone threw used toilet paper in, how does that get removed/decontaminated/processed?

  • @crupert23225
    @crupert23225 Před rokem +2

    And what, SPECIFICALLY, happens to all that plastic? All that's ever said is it is sent "elsewhere", which I interpret to mean it gets either dumped at sea, or sent to some other country for disposal. Most of it, anyway. Most plastics sent to a recycling plant never actually get recycled.

  • @kalebwilliams1213
    @kalebwilliams1213 Před 2 lety

    I just started working at one of these warehouses in November.

  • @joelroy9221
    @joelroy9221 Před 9 měsíci +1

    What if the paper that are to be recycled are stapled? Now it is not only paper but also metal. So how does it work?

    • @gy2gy246
      @gy2gy246 Před měsícem

      A heavy magnet removes metal.

  • @simontaylor2319
    @simontaylor2319 Před 4 měsíci

    I learnt very little from this video. How is the paper recycled into new paper?

  • @extraterrestrial7424
    @extraterrestrial7424 Před měsícem

    I see a lot of potential for an AI here.

  • @foxman105
    @foxman105 Před rokem +1

    I'm surprised people sometimes just throw c!@# that is clearly not belonging there. It must be an annoyance to sieve through those contaminates.

  • @deannaspencer8988
    @deannaspencer8988 Před rokem +1

    All Stores Please lower the cost of all Military and Local for all Brands of Paper Products and Accessories and Production Cost Now That's too much $$ The Whole World Now 🙏🙏🙏

  • @alexisscholtes1206
    @alexisscholtes1206 Před rokem +3

    It's pretty striking how many times contaminants have to be removed from paper recycling. I've pretty much lost all faith that we (Americans) can do recycling properly.

  • @manishagarwalla1272
    @manishagarwalla1272 Před 4 měsíci

    Hello,
    My name is Manish Agarwalla and I’m from Assam, INDIA. I’m a small time packaging manufacturer and very keen and interested in the recycling industry of both plastic and paper. If a big company like yours would like to tie up with us in India, we could do amazing things here. I’m very bullish of the market here. I would love to work with you.
    Thank you and hoping for a response.
    Regards,
    Manish Agarwalla
    Jadani Packaging
    Assam, India

  • @aerielvenus49
    @aerielvenus49 Před rokem

    If I donate my papers that are ripped on the process of throwing will they still accept it to make recycled papers?

    • @JosephKarsch-ym6cl
      @JosephKarsch-ym6cl Před 9 dny

      I would assume so. I remember reading that all pieces of paper the size of a sticky note or larger will make it. (Anything smaller gets missed by the machines and ends up as waste).

  • @user-gf8es5ct8g
    @user-gf8es5ct8g Před 4 měsíci

    Get to know the crusher

  • @gordonwelcher9598
    @gordonwelcher9598 Před rokem +2

    Millions of tons of toilet paper is flushed away every day.
    We should collect it for recycling.
    It could be used to make many items such as paper plates, drinking cups and straws.
    They could be dyed brown to hide any leftover impurities.

    • @joeshmoe7789
      @joeshmoe7789 Před rokem +4

      Yeah, you drink out of a cup made out of recycled toilet paper or suck thru a straw made from it.
      Used toilet paper is used to make organic lawn fertilizer. I wouldn't use it on my lawn, but it's good for golf courses.

    • @glenda8306
      @glenda8306 Před rokem +1

      Nice one dude it made me luagh

  • @jessei.rivera2389
    @jessei.rivera2389 Před 2 lety

    My physiology will end this process. I have a great Idea and plan to sell 100% recycled card board by the bell with out all the other crap. I will start my company soon and when I do. Pratt Head quarters is who I’m calling.

  • @rabarber9610
    @rabarber9610 Před rokem

    Music… too… loud

  • @jeeswano7047
    @jeeswano7047 Před 2 lety +1

    I WHANT TO MAKE FUCTORY

  • @SaintzAirsoft
    @SaintzAirsoft Před 3 měsíci

    It honestly saddens me that people don't sorry their recycling into diff bins. The process would be so much faster and easier if people would just sort them into bins. I sort mine by paper, and by plastic/glass. I actuslly talked to the neighborhood collector and he said my house is nice and easy he just puts each of my bins into each side of the truck. He told me some people will have a plastic bag filled with containers and paper and he has to put it into a different spot to be manually sorted. Just sad how lazy some people are.

    • @gy2gy246
      @gy2gy246 Před měsícem

      Some cities or counties, such as mine, have single stream recycling. Everything is picked up together and sorted at the Materials Recovery Facility (sorting plant.) This varies with each city and county.

  • @romanmaltsev2870
    @romanmaltsev2870 Před 2 lety

    We would like to import OCC to Russia. Please offer FCA/FOB or CFR Vladivostok. 2000 - 3000 mt monthly.

  • @ed9958
    @ed9958 Před 2 lety +3

    The obnoxious melody over powers the speech audio !! Will the you-tubers ever learn to eliminate or tone down the noise

  • @AkashAkash-ns7fj
    @AkashAkash-ns7fj Před 2 lety

    Added all company factory equipment brands in added all branches added all transportation added all

  • @bgurungvideos
    @bgurungvideos Před rokem

    Well the video was not dretialed on cardboard recycling.. I felt more was on sort of the various types of garbage .. plastic aluminium and paper..