Impact of Paper Industry on Environment: A Case Study of the Nagaon Paper Mill

2014 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Paper Industry ◽  
Paper Mill

scholarly journals Analisis Dampak Sosial Akibat Pabrik Kertas Di Desa Parmaksian Tobasa Menggunakan Paradigma Ekofeminis

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-70
Author(s):  
Ayu Indira Hasugian
Keyword(s):  
Social Impact ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Paper Industry ◽  
Paper Mill ◽  
Social Impacts ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

AbstrakDesa Siruar Parmaksian Tobasa di salah satu desa yang berada di daerah Toba mengalami perubahan sosial akibat dampak negatif berdirinya PT TPL. Dampak yang diberikan mengarah kepada kaum perempuan/ibu sehingga mengakibatkan aktivitas sehari-hari perempuan/ibu menjadi terkendala. Dampak ini terjadi di setiap harinya, sehingga akan sangat berdampak buruk bagi hubungan antara perempuan dan alam. Melihat kasus tersebut peneliti ingin melakukan penelitian terhadap kondisi  yang dialami kaum perempuan/ibu tersebut. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk menganalisa dampak sosial akibat pabrik kertas di Desa Siruar Parmaksian Tobasa kepada para perempuan dengan menggunakan paradigma Ekofeminis yang di tawarkan oleh McFague dan Warren, dan dikaji dalam bentuk studi kasus. Metode penelitian yang peneliti pakai adalah Metode Studi Kasus dari Teori E.P Gintings. Ada beberapa isu yang muncul dari kasus atau masalah ini, diantaranya : dampak sosial, dampak kerusakan alam terhadap kehidupan para perempuan, dan paradigma baru relasi perempuan dan alam atau rekonstruksi paradigma. Hal ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui Bagaimana dampak sosial akibat pabrik kertas terhadap masyarakat yang berada di lingkungan  Industri Kertas di Desa Siruar Parmaksian Tobasa yang mengarah kepada perempuan yang terdampak dan Bagaimana upaya-upaya yang dilakukan kaum perempuan/ibu di desa siruar untuk mempertahankan tanah/wilayahnya yang telah di rusak oleh perusahaan tersebut?. Hasil Analisis menunjukkan bahwa  paradigma Ekofeminis sudah menerapkan paradigma dengan istilah “Konstruksionisme”, yang disebut dengan istilah metafora dunia sebagai tubuh Allah, artinya dunia harus dipahami sebagai satu kesatuan organik, tubuh Tuhan dan bisa menanamkan sikap yang menghargai dunia.Kata Kunci: dampak sosial, paradigma ekofeminis AbstractThe village of Siruar Parm testimony Tobasa in a village in the Toba area experienced social changes due to the negative impact of the establishment of PT TPL. The impact that is given is directed at women / mothers so that it causes the daily activities of women / mothers to be constrained. This impact occurs every day, so it will have a very bad impact on the relationship between women and nature. Seeing this case, the researchers wanted to conduct research on the conditions experienced by these women / mothers. The purpose of this study is to analyze the social impacts of the paper mill in Siruar Parm testimony Tobasa on women using the Ecofemist paradigm offered by McFague and Warren, and study it in the form of a case study. The research method that researchers use is the Case Study Method of E.P Gintings Theory. There are several issues that arise from this case or problem, including: social impacts, the impact of natural destruction on women's lives, and a new paradigm of relations between women and nature or paradigm reconstruction. This is done to find out how the social impact of the paper mill on the community living in the Paper Industry in Siruar Parm testimony Tobasa Village which leads to affected women and how the efforts made by women / mothers in Siruar Village to defend their has been damaged by the company ?. The results of the analysis show that the Ecofemist paradigm has applied a paradigm with the term "Constructionism", which is called the metaphor of the world as the body of God, meaning that the world must be understood as an organic unit, the body of God and can instill an attitude of respect for the world. Keywords: social impact, eco-feminist paradigm

Economics of a Nordic paper mill: case study

2010 ◽  
Vol 110 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-23
Author(s):  
Esa Hämäläinen ◽  
Ulla Tapaninen
Keyword(s):  
Financial Management ◽  
Paper Industry ◽  
Paper Mill ◽  
Statistical Correlation ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Paper Mills ◽  
Content Type

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to reveal how the prices, costs, and logistics develop in the case mill and how these variables correlate with profits, and finally to give suggestions for improvements.Design/methodology/approachA typical Finnish paper mill is selected for the basis of the case study. The complete data for the mill for the years 2001 to 2007 at a monthly level are used. The data are obtained from the mill's financial management system and transferred to Excel. Statistica 4.1 software is used to run the statistical correlation analyses. The results can be generalized with certain limitations to paper manufacturing located at a long distance from its customers.FindingsThis paper gives an important insight into the economics of the Finnish paper industry. From theory‐building point of view, the empirical process data show that the variation in production lines is minimal, but there are important variations in paper deliveries. A lot can be gained in the logistics processes. Larger volumes delivered in tons also tend to increase profits. From the mill to the consignees, fluctuations in the process and paper sales grow substantially, which indicates longer storage times.Research limitations/implicationsThe results of the case study are based on the data of a single large integrated paper mill in Finland covering the years 2001‐2007, so the results cannot be directly generalized to concern all Nordic paper mills. In May 2005, there was an industrial blackout, which considerably affected the production and deliveries of all Finnish paper mills in that year.Practical implicationsThe competitive advantages of the Finnish paper industry are undermined by low paper prices and costly logistics. The mill managers should increasingly focus on overcapacity and cost issues and also deliver volumes, which all could contribute to higher profits.Originality/valueIn this paper, the Finnish paper industry is studied through a time series, economic geography, and statistical tools. This approach is a novel method and gives new insights into this research object. The mill's economic variables, such as paper prices, profits, and logistics and manufacturing costs, and the characteristics of these issues in a spatial context are studied.

Physicochemical characteristics of paper industry effluents—a case study of South India Paper Mill (SIPM)

2010 ◽  
Vol 177 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 23-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ningombam Linthoingambi Devi ◽  
Ishwar Chandra Yadav ◽  
Q. I. Shihua ◽  
Surendra Singh ◽  
S. L. Belagali
Keyword(s):  
South India ◽  
Paper Industry ◽  
Paper Mill ◽  
Physicochemical Characteristics

Treatment of Different Wastewaters from Pulp and Paper Industry in Methane Reactors

1985 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 223-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
P K Latola
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Paper Industry ◽  
Granular Sludge ◽  
Paper Mill ◽  
Pulp And Paper Industry ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Plastic Foam ◽  
Loading Rates ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Removal Efficiencies

A wastewater from an integrated paper mill with a COD of 1200 mg/dm3 was anaerobically treated in a multi-stage reactor. The BOD7 removal efficiencies of 60-75 % were achieved at maximal loading rates of 5-6 kg COD/m3d and HRT of 4-6 hours due to the granular sludge. Industrial sulphite evaporator condensates from Ca- and Na-processes were treated in anaerobic filters containing light gravel, plastic foam and power plant slag as filter media. The BOD7 removals of 78 % on average were achieved at loading rates of 1.8-3.3 kg COD/m3d with Ca-process evaporator condensates and 80 % BOD7 removals were achieved with Na-process condensates at loading rates of 3.5-4.1 kg COD/m3d.

scholarly journals North European Export Industry and the Shadows of Sulphur Directive

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esa Hämäläinen ◽  
Olli-Pekka Hilmola ◽  
Andres Tolli
Keyword(s):  
Paper Industry ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Transportation Cost ◽  
Paper Mill ◽  
Export Industry ◽  
Eu Directive ◽  
Oil Markets ◽  
Regulation Change ◽  
European Export

Abstract EU Directive of MARPOL Annex VI and its economic impact on the Nordic paper industry is theme of this research work. Empirical data for analysis purposes was gained from a large Nordic paper mill that exports bulk products mainly to Europe (70 % of its volume). The study shows that in the end the industry’s location still has an economical effect, and that the location has a distinct impact on competition through rising transportation costs. Environmental regulation continues and fosters long-term upwards trajectory of transportation cost, which has been experienced by the paper mill earlier during years 2001-2009. Sulphur regulation change to cleaner grades of maritime diesel did not turn as heavy cost increase in the 2015, however, possibility to gain cost benefits in rapidly deteriorating oil markets were not reached either. Therefore, in depressed industrial product markets, like paper industry, implications were such that margins of export industry remained low.

Measuring paper industry's ecological performance in an imprecise and vague scenario: a fuzzy DEA-based analytical framework

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunil Kumar Jauhar ◽  
Natthan Singh ◽  
A. Rajeev ◽  
Millie Pant
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Paper Industry ◽  
Paper Mill ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Efficiency Score ◽  
Comparative Performance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Ecological Performance ◽  
Fuzzy Dea ◽  
Desirable And Undesirable Outputs

PurposeProductivity improvement is key to sustainability performance improvements of organizations. In a real-world scenario, the nature of inputs and outputs is likely to be imprecise and vague, leading to complexity in comparing firms' efficiency measurements. Implementation of fuzzy-logic based measurement systems is a method for dealing with such cases. This paper presents a fuzzy weight objective function to solve Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) CCR model for measuring paper mills' performance in India for 15 years.Design/methodology/approachAn integrated methodology is proposed to solve DEA models having fuzzy weights. The fuzzy DEA methodology is an extended version of the DEA approach that researchers have used for performance measurement purposes in imprecise and vague scenarios. The ecological performance of the paper industry is evaluated, considering some desirable and undesirable outputs. The effect of non-discretionary input on the performance of a paper mill is also analyzed.FindingsAnalysis suggests that the productivity of the paper industry is improving consistently throughout the period. The comparative evaluation of methods suggests that a diverse cluster of DMUs and integration of DEA with the fuzzy logic increases the diversity in the efficiency score while DEA-DE imitates the results of CCR DEA.Originality/valueProposed a fuzzy DEA-based analytical framework for measuring the paper industry's ecological performance in an imprecise and vague scenario. The model is tested on data from the paper industry in a developing country context and comparative performance analysis using DEA, fuzzy DEA and DE algorithm is done.

scholarly journals POTENCY OF SOLID WASTE OF PAPER MILL USING RECYCLE PAPER AS FUEL

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusup Setiawan ◽  
Sri Purwati ◽  
Krisna Aditya Wardhana ◽  
Aep Surahman ◽  
Reza Bastari Wattimena
Keyword(s):  
Solid Waste ◽  
Deformation Temperature ◽  
Fiber Quality ◽  
Paper Industry ◽  
Solidification Process ◽  
Paper Mill ◽  
Wastewater Sludge ◽  
Initial Deformation ◽  
Recycled Paper ◽  
Total Alkali

The paper industry generates solid waste such as wastewater sludge and paper mill rejects. The rejects from recycled paper processing are varies from 5 % to 25 % dependent on the recovered fiber quality and process used in the mill. The composition of the rejects is consisted of fiber bundles, plastics pieces, foils and polystyrene containing large quantities of plastics. One of the limitations of solid waste for energy is bulky and high moisture content which is difficult to be stored, transported, and utilized. To overcome this limitation, it is needed a solidification process. Pelletizing of paper mill solid waste is one of solidification processes to ease in storing, handling, and transporting of solid waste. Experiment on solid wastes utilization in the pellet form as fuel has been carried out. Solidification process of paper mill solid waste is consisted of drying, shredding and  pelletizing processes of solid waste. Pellet of paper mill solid waste and coal and pellet of combination of rejects waste were analyzed for their proximate, mineral content of ash and ash fusion temperature (AFT) to see slagging and fouling potency. The results shows that paper mill reject contain high calorific value of 5,987 calorie/gram and low content of sulphur and ash. Ash has low content of total alkali (Na2O and K2O) and high initial deformation temperature (IDT) of 1,193oC. Mixed of 95% coal and 5% pellet of reject waste has low content of total alkali (Na2O and K2O) and high initial deformation temperature (IDT) of 1,315oC. The result  indicates low slagging and fouling potency of reject waste when it is utilized as a boiler fuel.Keywords: solid waste, sludge, rejects, pellet, fuel, slagging, fouling  ABSTRAK Industri kertas menghasilkan limbah padat seperti limbah lumpur dan limbah reject. Jumlah limbah reject dari pengolahan kertas daur ulang bervariasi dari 5% sampai 25% tergantung pada kualitas serat dan proses yang digunakan di pabrik. Komposisi limbah reject terdiri dari gumpalan serat, potongan plastik dan foil. Salah satu keterbatasan dari limbah padat untuk energi adalah ruah dan kadar air-nya tinggi yang menyulitkan dalam penyimpanan, transportasi, dan penggunaannya. Untuk mengatasi keterbatasan ini diperlukan proses solidifikasi. Pembuatan pellet dari limbah padat industri kertas merupakan salah satu proses solidifikasi untuk memudahkan dalam penyimpanan, penanganan, dan pengangkutan limbah padat. Penelitian pemanfaatan limbah padat dalam bentuk pelet sebagai bahan bakar untuk energi telah dilakukan. Proses solidifikasi limbah padat pabrik kertas terdiri dari proses pengeringan, proses pencacahan dan proses pembuatan pellet. Pellet limbah padat industri kertas dan campuran dari batubara dan pellet limbah reject diuji untuk analisis proksimat, kadar mineral abu, kadar abu dan suhu fusi abu (AFT) untuk mengetahui potensi slagging dan fouling. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa limbah reject industri kertas mengandung nilai kalor tinggi 5.987 kalori/gram dan rendah sulfur dan abu. Abu mengandung alkali total (Na2O dan K2O) rendah dan suhu deformasi awal tinggi (IDT) yaitu 1.193oC. Campuran dari batubara 95% dan pellet limbah reject 5% mengandung alkali total (Na2O dan K2O) rendah dan suhu deformasi awal tinggi (IDT) yaitu 1.315oC. Hal ini menunjukkan potensi slagging dan fouling rendah bilamana limbah reject digunakan sebagai bahan bakar boiler.Kata kunci: limbah padat, lumpur, reject, pelet, bahan bakar, slagging, fouling    

scholarly journals EFFECTS OF GENOME INSTABILITY IN LYMPHOCYTES AND BUCCAL EPITHELIOCYTES OF CHILDREN FROM THE CITY WITH BIG PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY

2019 ◽  
Vol 98 (12) ◽  
pp. 1392-1401
Author(s):  
V. V. Yurchenko ◽  
Faina I. Ingel ◽  
N. A. Urtseva ◽  
E. K. Krivtsova ◽  
L. V. Akhaltseva
Keyword(s):  
Genomic Instability ◽  
Genome Instability ◽  
Micronucleus Test ◽  
Paper Industry ◽  
Paper Mill ◽  
Pulp And Paper Industry ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Pulp And Paper Mill ◽  
Buccal Epithelial Cells ◽  
The City

Introduction. Analysis of literature has shown genotoxicants (mutagens and carcinogens) to be present in the atmospheric emissions of pulp and paper industry (PPI). Moreover, among PPI workers from different countries, there was identified an additional risk of cancer, which suggests its high probability among residents of the cities where the PPI is located. The recognized index of genotoxic effects is an increased level of genome instability, which is determined, in particular, in the micronucleus test. The scope of the study - the comparative analysis of the effects of genomic instability in the two tissues - blood lymphocytes cultured with Cytochalasin B, and buccal epithelial cells in the second grade school children (8-9 years old, boys and girls), whose schools were located at different distances from the pulp and paper mill. Material and methods. The study was carried out in the city of Koryazhma, the Arkhangelsk Region (42000 citizens), where the pulp and paper plant as the city-forming industry was located. For the analysis, we subdivided the territories on which the schools were located, into 3 groups according to their distance from the pulp and paper mill. The effects of genomic instability were determined by cytome analysis in the micronucleus test. Results. Cytome analysis of cultivated lymphocytes demonstrated that levels of genome instability indices (including cell frequencies with micronuclei and nucleoplasm bridges, apoptosis, as well as changes in the spectrum of cell populations) to decrease along with the rising the distance between the pulp and paper mill and schools where the children go. In buccal epithelial cells, the manifestations of genomic instability effects were less systematic, which did not allow making a definitive conclusion. At the same time, in both tests, gender differences in the results of cytome analysis were revealed (for example, the alteration of frequency of lymphocytes with genetic damage dependence on the distance between schools and the PPI was more pronounced among boys). Conclusion. According to the results of this study and taking into consideration the data of literature, we hypothesized that the discovering of gender dimorphism in the effects of genome instability may indicate the presence of toxic and/or genotoxic compounds in an environment.

scholarly journals Heavy Metals Characterization of Sludge from a Philippine Recycling Paper Mill

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
Lorraine A. Carrillo ◽  
Susan M. Gallardo
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Metal Content ◽  
Paper Industry ◽  
Paper Mill ◽  
The United States ◽  
White Paper ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Organic Fertilizers ◽  
Point To Point ◽  
Maximum Allowable Content

Wastewater treatment sludge, which is the largest volume residual waste stream generated by the pulp and paper industry, is generally disposed of in a dedicated landfill. Composting the sludge is an alternative method proposed by the Asian Regional Research Program on Environmental Technology-De La Salle University (ARRPET-DLSU) Minor Issue Group. The Philippine Department of Agriculture's (DA) standards for an organic fertilizer's maximum allowable content of heavy metals provided the legislative regulation for the conversion of sludge to compost. The research was designed to characterize the sludge samples from TIPCO, a Philippine paper-recycling mill, and establish whether the sludge contained the heavy metals cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, nickel, and zinc using atomic absorption spectrophotometer (MS). Sampling was done for four weeks during newsprint and white paper production. Three discharge terminals were established as sampling points. The samples showed that the metal content of the sludge vary from point to point and was highest throughout the manufacture of white paper. Chromium, mercury, and nickel, however, were nondetectable in all the samples, while cadmium was detectable only in very few samples. Lead and zinc were present at all three points and were highest at the de inking sludge. Comparing the results with Part 503 of the United States EPA and the DA's guidelines for organic fertilizers yield significantly lower parameter values. Composting the sludge was, therefore, found to be a feasible option for recycling paper-mill sludge since the metal content were very low compared to local and international standards.

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