Enstra Paper (Pty) Ltd (Enstra) recently acquired the Enstra Mill from Sappi and commenced operation at the Mill on 1 November 2015. The original Enstra Mill was commissioned in 1938 and became the first fully integrated pulp plant in a paper mill in South Africa.
Enstra Paper currently receives varying grade waste paper from a variety of waste paper suppliers, namely:
• K3 Waste Paper - Corrugated Kraft Waste consisting of new corrugated cuttings, sheets and unused boxes generated by corrugating convertors having liners of kraft or test liner; and,
• K4 Waste Paper - Kraft Grade Corrugated Containers consisting of corrugated containers having liners of kraft or test liner.
Waste paper is processed at the Enstra site through the Recovered Fibre Plant, referred to as the RCF Plant, to produce containerboard, kraft papers, printing and writing grades. Small quantities of bleached hardwood and softwood are bought in from various suppliers both local and international.
With three uniquely capable paper mills on site, Enstra is positioned to address the growing waste paper problem of the country and to respond to the growing consumer market demand for recycled waste. From the waste paper received Enstra produces high quality printing paper, security paper and packaging paper products for use throughout industry.
Enstra Paper were issued a Waste Management License (WML) in September 2021 (12/9/11/L21096110402/3/R) and now intends to expand the capacity of the waste paper recycling operations by a design basis of the order of 1000 bdt/day, for which they need to expand the current RCF capacity. The purpose of this application.
Enstra Paper continues to preferentially utilize treated sewage effluent from Ancor WaterCare Works, as alternative to potable water from Rand Water system, and has authorization to obtain treated sewage effluent from the Welgedatcht WaterCare Works.
The proposed expansion of waste paper recycling capacity aligns with the National Waste Strategy of DFFE and the continued reuse of treated sewage effluent aligns with the National Water Strategy of DWS, and aligns with the National Energy Efficiency Campaign of DMRE, in being more energy efficient that the older waste paper recycling operations, and reducing electricity demand on Eskom.
The proposed expansion will include additional opportunities during the project execution and subsequent operation, both on-site and within the up-stream waste paper supply chain
