DSM, Siemens launch paper waste-to-fuel venture
Date: 30-Aug-01
Country: NETHERLANDS
DSM will provide the know-how and Siemens will promote, sell and build the plants, the Dutch group said in a statement.
The waste - mainly plastics and cellulose fibres - is produced in the paper recycling process and was usually discarded, DSM said in a statement.
But under technology developed by DSM and unlisted Dutch paper firm Kappa Roermond Papier BV, that waste can be turned into a high quality secondary fuel for use in cement kilns, coal-fired power plants and blast furnaces. No financial details of the new venture were released.