PAPERmaking! FROM THE PUBLISHERS OF PAPER TECHNOLOGY Volume 4, Number 1, 2018
power is required by 2030. Although the woody-biomass market in the developed world is relatively mature, only four woody-biomass plants in SSA have been established, all of which were closed by 2013. With its affordable labour, favourable climate and well- established forestry and agricultural sectors, South Africa appears to have the potential for a successful woody-biomass industry. This paper documents a first attempt at analysing why these plants failed. Efficiency and sustainability indicators for papermaking from virgin pulp — An emergy-based case study, F.Corcelli et al , Resources, Conservation and Recycling , Vol.131, April 2018. The pulp and paper sector is the fourth-largest industrial sector worldwide in terms of energy use, accounting for approximately 6% of the total industrial energy consumption and contributing to 2% of direct carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions produced by industries. By means of EMA performance indices, this paper aims to assess the environmental sustainability associated to the production of pulp and paper, so as to identify those process steps that entail the highest environmental costs and require improvements. The research results show that the largest supply-side environmental costs are generated by the industrial processing activities, due to high energy, water and chemicals consumption. Only a minor role is played by forestry activities that supply the raw feedstock, although forestry management practices certainly affect both the final productivity and the energy balance, through the amount and use efficiency of the farm inputs. Investigating external and internal pressures on corporate environmental behavior in papermaking enterprises of China, Zheng-Xia He et al , Journal of Cleaner Production , Vol.172. As China's ecological environmental problem becomes severe, corporate environmental behaviour (CEB) has become the focus of a range of stakeholders, policy makers and the whole society since the operating activities of companies is the main source of environmental pollution. This study used a questionnaire survey and structural equation model (SEM) to examine the relative importance of external and internal pressures (EIP) on driving CEB. Data was obtained from 702 papermaking companies in China. Cleaner production solution selection for paper making – a case study of Latif paper products Co. Iran, Majid Azizi et al , International Journal of Sustainable Engineering , online. The objective of this research is to design an approach for selecting appropriate solutions to efficiently and productively reduce environmental pollution and water, energy and raw material consumption in a recycled paper manufacturing facility, the paper mill in Latif, Iran. To reach this goal, we develop a decision-making model using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Providing an evaluation model of Green Productivity in paper-making industries, F. Taher-Ghahremani et al , International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology , Vol.15 (2). Nowadays, the environmental protection is one of the most important duties of every person and organization. One of the industries that pollute the environment is the paper-making industry, which has high importance. The primary objective of this study is to provide a model to evaluate the Green Productivity in the paper-making industry. Results show that Green Productivity index depends on factors such as manpower, materials, energy and machinery and environmental factors. Results also demonstrate that in a stationary condition, a quality system such as ISO 9001 can be useful in increasing the Green Productivity. According to the results, it is recommended to
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