Summary

There is a very simple but powerful reason why something should be done about reducing newsprint waste – economics.

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