scholarly journals Environmental Concerns of the Pulp and Paper Industry: Focusing on Household and Sanitary Paper Products

2021 ◽  
pp. 181-195
Author(s):  
Kun Qian
Keyword(s):  
Paper Industry ◽  
Pulp And Paper Industry ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Environmental Concerns ◽  
Retail Market ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
The World ◽  
Sanitary Products ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe category of household and sanitary products is the most important category in the paper industry, because it is related to people’s daily lives all around the world. This category is seeing a rapid increase in consumption, while consumption in other categories, such as printing or writing paper, is presently declining. China is the largest manufacturer, as well as the largest consumer of household and sanitary paper. Nowadays, environmental consciousness and concerns are rising in China and have started to influence customers’ behavior in selecting and using paper products. In the present study, surveys were conducted of the paper industry, the retail market for paper, and end consumers of paper. The relationship between new challenges of the paper industry and consumers’ environmental concerns has been investigated and reported.

The World Eucapulp Industry and its Impact on the Northern U.S. Pulp and Paper Industry

1990 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 158-163
Author(s):  
Jeffrey C. Stier
Keyword(s):  
Paper Industry ◽  
Pulp And Paper Industry ◽  
World Market ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Annual Rate ◽  
Structural Shift ◽  
The North ◽  
The World ◽  
Evolutionary Pace ◽  
The U.S

Abstract Eucalyptus woodpulp (eucapulp) emerged as a significant force in the world market for paper grade pulp approximately a decade ago, and since 1976, production has increased at a compound annual rate of growth exceeding 20%. Recently, the closure of a Wisconsin pulpmill was associated with imports of eucapulp, and fears that a rapid influx of eucapulp would destroy local pulpwood markets spread throughout the northern U.S. forestry community. Eucapulp is an ideal fiber furnish for production of tissue and printing and writing papers, both of which are mainstays of the pulp and paper industry in the North. Eucapulp represents a major structural shift in the world pulp and paper sector, and it is likely to have a continuing impact on the U.S. industry, especially in the North. However, imports of eucapulp and of papers made from eucapulp are expected to increase in the future at an evolutionary pace and not to pose an immediate threat to the regional industry. North. J. Appl. For. 7:158-163, December 1990.

Association between Exposure to Components of Pulp and Paper Industry Emissions and Diseases in Children

2021 ◽  
pp. 33-40
Author(s):  
AN Perezhogin ◽  
MA Zemlyanova ◽  
YuV Koldibekova
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Paper Industry ◽  
Inhalation Exposure ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Pulp And Paper Industry ◽  
Carcinogenic Risk ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Health Examination ◽  
Industrial Emissions ◽  
The Relationship

Introduction: To improve the efficiency of prevention and elimination of adverse health effects of airborne chemicals in children and adults, the industrially developed regions of Russian Federation face an urgent task of establishing the relationship between exposure to industrial emissions and diseases observed in the local population. The objective of our study was to establish a cause-and-effect relationship between inhalation exposure to components of pulp and paper industry emissions and health disorders in children. Materials and methods: We carried out ambient air quality testing in the residential area, established target organs and systems, assessed non-carcinogenic risk, conducted an in-depth child health examination, and modeled cause-effect relationships. Results: We established that phenol, benzene, toluene, xylene, and ethylbenzene were constantly present in the air in the vicinity of the pulp and paper mill. Their concentrations were up to 4.83 and 9.55 times higher than the average daily and one-time maximum permissible concentrations, respectively. High concentrations of chemicals posed unacceptable chronic non-carcinogenic risk of developing diseases of the respiratory, cardiovascular, immune, and nervous systems, liver, and kidney, as well as acute non-carcinogenic risk of diseases of the immune system. Elevated (up to 1.5 times) blood levels of phenol and xylenes were associated with a 2.3 times higher incidence rate of allergic respiratory diseases and an almost 1.5 times higher incidence of digestive diseases. We established the relationship between blood phenol and xylene levels and a higher incidence of allergic respiratory diseases and diseases of the biliary tract, an increased eosinophil count, nasal mucus eosinophilia, higher direct and total bilirubin in serum. Conclusion: Laboratory test results proved the relationship between inhalation exposure to phenol and xylene as components of pulp and paper industry emissions and higher incidence of diseases of the respiratory and digestive systems observed in the local child population.

‘The World Has Changed’: Discursive Struggles over an Industrial Shutdown in the Media, a Case from the Finnish Pulp and Paper Industry

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pasi Ahonen
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Paper Industry ◽  
Pulp And Paper Industry ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Corporate Restructuring ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
Historical Process ◽  
The World ◽  
The Media

This paper is a critical analysis of media discourse on a corporate restructuring case in the pulp and paper industry in Finland. The analysis indicates that discursive struggles over the legitimacy of corporate restructuring initiatives, especially industrial shutdowns, are highly contextual processes, deeply embedded in the socio-historical specificities of the locations where they occur. Legitimation of the various restructuring measures is a political and a fundamentally historical process. It is argued that analyses of legitimation strategies need to deploy a processual, historical approach to be able to effectively engage with the practice of legitimation. The importance of, and the differences in, nationalist discourses in securing or challenging the legitimacy for drastic restructuring measures is analysed in the specific context of Finland.

scholarly journals Investigation of the possibility of obtaining powdered cellulose using a non-knife method of grinding fibrous semi-finished products

2021 ◽  
Vol 2094 (4) ◽  
pp. 042069
Author(s):  
E V Kaplyov ◽  
L V Yurtaeva ◽  
R A Marchenko ◽  
D Yu Vasilyeva ◽  
D Yu Alashkevich
Keyword(s):  
Paper Industry ◽  
Pulp And Paper Industry ◽  
Degree Of Polymerization ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Morphological Properties ◽  
Promising Direction ◽  
Powdered Cellulose ◽  
The World ◽  
Barrier Type

Abstract The pulp and paper industry occupies one of the leading places among various sectors of the national economy in terms of versatility and prevalence throughout the world, as well as the need for its products for the economy of any country. In addition, with the advent of printing systems that operate at an increasingly faster speed and perform complex tasks, the requirements for the properties and quality of paper have increased. At present, powdered cellulose is a promising direction in the development of the pulp and paper industry. The article discusses the possibility of obtaining powdered cellulose with preliminary grinding on a knifeless grinding plant of the “jet-barrier” type. The morphological properties of the fiber and the degree of polymerization of powdered cellulose are given depending on the degree of grinding.

Introduction to pulp and paper industry: Global scenario

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunita Chauhan ◽  
Badri Lal Meena
Keyword(s):  
Development Process ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Paper Industry ◽  
Pulp And Paper Industry ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Environmental Concerns ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Environmental Attributes ◽  
History Of ◽  
Per Capita Consumption

Abstract In the today’s context of COVID-19, when a strong need of disposable items without compromising the environmental attributes is being felt, “Paper” is becoming a very mesmerizing and quintessential object. We find paper in our lives so omnipresent and enduring that we take it granted without understanding its complex nature, manufacturing/development process and the significant role, it has actually played in the history of civilization. It is so important that the Per Capita Consumption of paper for a country reflects the development status of its society. Therefore, this article attempts to introduce paper with its historical development, manufacturing process, environmental concerns, ways to address the environmental concerns, global and national status of pulp and paper industry along with the challenges ahead with a coverage of the potential role it is bound to play in future through an overall transformation of the industry itself.

An effects-based approach to regulating the pulp and paper industry: the New Zealand scene

1997 ◽  
Vol 35 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 321-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Dell ◽  
R. Donald ◽  
J. McIntosh
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Paper Industry ◽  
Pulp And Paper Industry ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Environmental Concerns ◽  
Environmental Legislation ◽  
Pulp And Paper Mills ◽  
Paper Mills ◽  
Regulatory Approach

New Zealand's primary environmental legislation, the Resource Management Act (RMA), was enacted in 1991. The RMA is effects based rather than activity based and is intended to promote the sustainable management of natural and physical resources. A number of New Zealand's pulp and paper mills are now coming under the permitting requirements of the RMA. The prime environmental concerns have been associated with the two kraft mills, and include dissolved oxygen, color, toxicity, nutrients and impacts on fisheries. This paper presents a case study of one of these mills and discusses the regulatory approach which is to be adopted under the constraints of the RMA.

Casuarina junghuhniana (Casuarinaceae) in India

2010 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 149 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. C. Jayaraj
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Paper Industry ◽  
Pulp And Paper Industry ◽  
Tree Improvement ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Casuarina Equisetifolia ◽  
Clonal Forestry ◽  
Pure Species ◽  
The World ◽  
Potential Use

Casuarina junghuhniana Miq., introduced into India in 1996, is gaining importance as an agroforestry species, with potential use in pulp and paper industry. Tree improvement of the species and attempts at clonal forestry are in progress. A hybrid of Casuarina equisetifolia L. and C. junghuhniana, introduced in 1951 from Thailand, is also planted in India, with the wrong identity as Casuarina junghuhniana. The present paper reviews the silviculture and tree improvement of the species, especially the attempts at introduction to various parts of the world by CSIRO, Australia, with special reference to India. The paper also attempts to resolve the confusion between the hybrid and the pure species, among the planting agencies in India.

scholarly journals Changing Pulp and Paper Industry of the World.

1997 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 577-594
Author(s):  
Akihiko Tokita
Keyword(s):  
Paper Industry ◽  
Pulp And Paper Industry ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
The World

New Ideas on Pollution Control in the Pulp and Paper Industry – Are There Any?

1988 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-210
Author(s):  
O. Airanne ◽  
S. Ruonala
Keyword(s):  
Pollution Control ◽  
Paper Industry ◽  
Pulp And Paper Industry ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Environmental Concerns ◽  
Scarce Resources ◽  
Production Processes ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Harmful Effects

The development of the pulp and paper industry is reviewed. It is pointed out that production processes must now consider environmental concerns in addition to the suitability of the final product. The difficulties of defining the total harmful effects of a process are outlined. It is concluded that there has been good progress from the environmental point of view, and that in the future, choices must be made to allocate scarce resources so that output in terms of environmental quality is maximized.

The trends in employment and labour productivity in the pulp and paper industry in the selected EU countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 119-127
Author(s):  
EMILIA GRZEGORZEWSKA ◽  
JUSTYNA BIERNACKA ◽  
IZABELA PODOBAS
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Paper Industry ◽  
Labour Productivity ◽  
Pulp And Paper Industry ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Gdp Growth ◽  
Work Efficiency ◽  
The World ◽  
Visegrad Group

The Trends in Employment and Labour Productivity in the Pulp and Paper Industry. Despite many challenges, the pulp and paper industry is a dynamically developing branch of industry in the world. It seems that especially growing competition from less developed countries, such as Indonesia, and the falling demand for paper may be reasons for the difficulties of pulp and paper factories, i.e. decreasing profitability of paper production and number of employed in this industry in recent years. From the perspective of the employment volume and related work efficiency, it was interesting to examine and assess employment and the use of human resources in pulp and paper industry, especially in the countries of the Visegrad Group, which economies have been characterized by stable GDP growth in recent years. The paper analyses the value of pulp and paper industry production and its structure in the Visegrad Group countries relative to EU28 countries and employment and age structure of the employed

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