Pulp & Paper: GLRPPR Sector Resources

News: Wastewater Market Within Pulp, Paper Industry to Hit $1.56bn

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:13:03 GMT

The global market for water and wastewater treatment and equipment within the pulp and paper industry will grow from $983.9 million in 2012 to $1.569 billion in 2020, according to analysis from Frost & Sullivan. The market is expected to experience a 6 percent compound annual growth rate as rising water prices and tightening environmental standards force the pulp and paper industry to install high-end equipment to treat wastewater and reduce consumption, Frost & Sullivan says.

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News: Torstar Sets Paper Policy, But No Ban on Controversial Fiber

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:28:29 GMT

Harlequin romance novels and Toronto Star parent company Torstar has adopted paper procurement principles that it says will eliminate the use of fiber from ancient and endangered forests -- but it doesn't set any target deadlines or percentages.

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News: Kimberly-Clark Professional Introduces Products With Alternative Fibers

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:18:31 GMT

Kimberly-Clark Professional announced last week that it is the first major tissue manufacturer to introduce products that contain non-tree fibers to the North American market. The new products are part of its Kleenex and Scott lines, and will be showcased at Greenbuild 2012. The new products include 20 percent non-tree fibers -- bamboo and wheat straw. Both bamboo and wheat straw meet the U.S. Green Building Council's definition of "rapidly renewable" fibers since they grow back in less than 10 years.

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News: Insight into 3M's Sustainability Journey

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:46:35 GMT

Is sustainability a winning business strategy? 3M thinks so. In this Q&A, 3M shares some insight into its goals and what it plans to achieve next in its sustainability journey.

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Resource: BLOOM Client Case Studies

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:10:54 GMT

Categorized by industry sector. Every two-page case study includes a summary of the pollution prevention assessment process and findings, and a table of pollution prevention solutions, environmental benefits and related cost savings.

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Resource: Advanced Energy and Water Recovery Technology from Low Grade Waste Heat

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:17:26 GMT

The project has developed a nanoporous membrane based water vapor separation technology that can be used for recovering energy and water from low-temperature industrial waste gas streams with high moisture contents. This kind of exhaust stream is widely present in many industrial processes including the forest products and paper industry, food industry, chemical industry, cement industry, metal industry, and petroleum industry. The technology can recover not only the sensible heat but also high-purity water along with its considerable latent heat. Waste heats from such streams are considered very difficult to recover by conventional technology because of poor heat transfer performance of heat-exchanger type equipment at low temperature and moisture-related corrosion issues. During the one-year Concept Definition stage of the project, the goal was to prove the concept and technology in the laboratory and identify any issues that need to be addressed in future development of this technology. In this project, computational modeling and simulation have been conducted to investigate the performance of a nanoporous material based technology, transport membrane condenser (TMC), for waste heat and water recovery from low grade industrial flue gases. A series of theoretical and computational analyses have provided insight and support in advanced TMC design and experiments. Experimental study revealed condensation and convection through the porous membrane bundle was greatly improved over an impermeable tube bundle, because of the membrane capillary condensation mechanism and the continuous evacuation of the condensate film or droplets through the membrane pores. Convection Nusselt number in flue gas side for the porous membrane tube bundle is 50% to 80% higher than those for the impermeable stainless steel tube bundle. The condensation rates for the porous membrane tube bundle also increase 60% to 80%. Parametric study for the porous membrane tube bundle heat transfer performance was also done, which shows this heat transfer enhancement approach works well in a wide parameters range for typical flue gas conditions. Better understanding of condensing heat transfer mechanism for porous membrane heat transfer surfaces, shows higher condensation and heat transfer rates than non-permeable tubes, due to existence of the porous membrane walls. Laboratory testing has documented increased TMC performance with increased exhaust gas moisture content levels, which has exponentially increased potential markets for the product. The TMC technology can uniquely enhance waste heat recovery in tandem with water vapor recovery for many other industrial processes such as drying, wet and dry scrubber exhaust gases, dewatering, and water chilling. A new metallic substrate membrane tube development and molded TMC part fabrication method, provides an economical way to expand this technology for scaled up applications with less than 3 year payback expectation. A detailed market study shows a broad application area for this advanced waste heat and water recovery technology. A commercialization partner has been lined up to expand this technology to this big market. This research work led to new findings on the TMC working mechanism to improve its performance, better scale up design approaches, and economical part fabrication methods. Field evaluation work needs to be done to verify the TMC real world performance, and get acceptance from the industry, and pave the way for our commercial partner to put it into a much larger waste heat and waste water recovery market. This project is addressing the priority areas specified for DOE Industrial Technologies Program's (ITP's): Energy Intensive Processes (EIP) Portfolio - Waste Heat Minimization and Recovery platform.

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News: 10 things I learned in my first 100 days

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:40:39 GMT

After four years as VP and general manager of U.S. commercial printing paper business, in 2012 Teri Shanahan was appointed VP Sustainability at International Paper (IP), the world's biggest paper and packaging company. Here are 10 things she learned in her first 100 days.

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News: Can Kimberly-Clark shed its fiber footprint?

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:54:54 GMT

Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB), the maker of Huggies diapers and Kleenex tissue, aims to step up its sustainability actions in a serious way. The Irving, Texas-based company recently announced at the Rio+20 UN conference that it plans to halve its use of wood fiber sourced from natural forests by 2025.

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News: Edmonton recycling technology could make its way to the US

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 21:30:53 GMT

The mayors of Edmonton and Reading, PA signed a memorandum of understanding with Greys Paper Recycling Industries Ltd to bring the Edmonton-based recycling technology to the United States. Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel, Mayor Vaughn D. Spencer of Reading, PA and Rajan Ahluwalia, CEO of Greys Paper Recycling Industries Ltd signed the MOU Monday at City Hall, marking the first step in potentially bringing Grey's technology -- a closed-loop recycling process to convert waste paper and cotton textiles into paper products -- to Pennsylvania.

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News: Many Forests Feeling the Heat from Climate Change

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:13:20 GMT

As the climate gets warmer, many forests are feeling the heat. Impacts range from increased forest fire hazards and tree mortality to detrimental beetle outbreaks and alterations to leaf abundance and bloom. When forest cover or composition changes, there are impacts to the availability of wood products, clean water, recreational opportunities, and habitats for many plants and animals.

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