Money saved on newsprint is money earned.
In addition, a reduction in waste is generally accompanied by a reduction in downtime and an improvement in quality.
The topic has always been an important one, but with the increasing cost of newsprint and a not-too-bright supply situation, the question of how to control waste is becoming even more urgent.
This report updates the treatment of newsprint waste control found in WAN-IFRA’s Newsprint and Newsink Guide, which was published in 1993.
This is the table of contents:
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Definition of newsprint waste
- Chapter 3: Wrapper and white waste
- Chapter 4: White core waste and core tare waste
- Chapter 5: Production waste
- Chapter 6: Waste resulting from web breaks
- Chapter 7: Mailroom waste and overproduction
- Annexures:
List of stop codes
Sample analysis of stoppages
Web break causes and their definitions
Web break recording