This invention related to a process for the deinking of office wastepaper stocks which comprises: a) converting the wastepaper to a pulp, b) contacting the pulp with an aqueous medium of alkaline pH containing between 0.05 and 2 percent by weight, calculated on a dry weight basis of the pulp, of a deinking agent comprising a first component comprising at least one ethylene oxide adduct of a detergent-range alcohol having in the range of from 8 to 20 carbon atoms and an average of from 3 to 20 oxyethylene units per molecule of alcohol, a second component selected from the group consisting of one or more detergent-range olefins having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms, one or more saturated hydrocarbons having from 8 to 20 carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof and optionally a third component comprising a detergent-range alcohol having from 8 to 20 carbon atoms, and c) treating the resulting pulp-containing medium by washing or flotation to remove suspended ink therefrom.
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