paper is the most sustainable raw material &ndash it can easily be collected and recycled. but there are significant differences in the recycling rates in different european countries. and there are different levels of knowledge about how to design a recyclable product, be it a print product or packaging.&ldquoi&rsquoll be back&rdquo, says the newspaperwhat was called waste paper earlier is no waste unmixed overprint, unsold newspaper and magazines or other forms of used paper free of contaminants never become waste. improving the quality of paper for recycling is the target of the ecopaperloop project that will run until the end of 2014. at the final conference in krakow on december 2nd, the participating institutions will present the achievements that have been made so far. communicating the advantages of paper is one of the goals &ndash and using paper and board products themselves to transport messages is one of the options to be presented to the producers &ldquoi&rsquoll be back, says the newspaper, to bring more news to you next week.&rdquo and &ldquoi&rsquoll be back, says the carton, to protect precious electronics being shipped to you next month.&rdquoas an introduction to the conference, katarzyna godlewska from the association of polish papermakers spp will talk about &ldquothe waste collection in poland &ndash problems with the quality of paper for recycling&rdquo. another target of the ecopaperloop project is the &ldquoassessment of paper based products&rsquo recyclability&rdquo. dr. hans putz of darmstadt technical university will present the new test method that has been developed to evaluate the content of adhesives and unrecyclable materials in packaging.the conference will take place at the krakow galaxy hotel. all members of the paper chain are welcome, participation is free of charge. more details, the full program and the registration can be found on the ecopaperloop website.the ecopaperloop project is cofunded by the european unioneuropean regional development fund erdf and the local project partners.6 november 2014 
