# Commission Implementing Decision of 26 September 2014 establishing the best available techniques (BAT) conclusions, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, for the production of pulp, paper and board (notified under document C(2014) 6750) (Text with EEA relevance) (2014/687/EU), Division BAT 52: In order to minimise the amount of solid waste to be disposed of, BAT is to prevent waste generation and to carry out recycling operations by the use of a combination of the techniques given below (see general BAT 20).

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Technique
Description
Applicability
a
Fibre and filler recovery and treatment of white water
See Section 1.7.2.1
Generally applicable
b
Broke recirculation system
Broke from different locations/phases of paper making process is collected, re-pulped and returned to the fibre feedstock
Generally applicable
c
Recovery of coating colours/recycling of pigments
See Section 1.7.2.1
d
Reuse of fibre sludge from primary waste water treatment
Sludge with a high fibre content from the primary treatment of waste water can be reutilised in a production process
Applicability may be limited by product quality requirements

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2014/687/annex/division/9/division/1.6/division/1.6.3/division/bat+52 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-687/annex/division-9/division-1.6/division-1.6.3/division-bat+52
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