A recursive linear programming analysis of the future of the pulp and paper industry in the United States: Changes in supplies and demands, and the effects of recycling

1996 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dali Zhang ◽  
Joseph Buongiorno ◽  
Peter J. Ince
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Linear Programming ◽  
Paper Industry ◽  
Pulp And Paper Industry ◽  
The United States ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
The Future ◽  
Programming Analysis

Comparison of cooking technologies for production of softwood kraftliner pulp

TAPPI Journal ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 9-15
Author(s):  
STEFAN ANTONSSON ◽  
ANDERS HJORT
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Energy Absorption ◽  
Paper Industry ◽  
Pulp And Paper Industry ◽  
The United States ◽  
Kappa Number ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Corrugated Board ◽  
Increased Strength

Kraftliner, used as the top and bottom layers in corrugated board, is one of the major paper products in the United States and worldwide and is a long-term growth business area for the pulp and paper industry. However, for many years pulping development for kraftliner has been limited. The lack of development may be because corrugated board standards in many countries have specified basis weight and not strength demands on the corrugated board. With the modifications of Item 222/Rule 41, the situation in the United States has changed. Recently, a new cooking technology has been developed enabling defibration of softwood pulps at considerably higher kappa number with low reject content. Pulp quality as a function of kappa number has been evaluated for this new cooking technology compared to pulp produced using a conventional kraftliner cooking technology. Lower H-factor demands and increased strength, measured as tensile energy absorption, were the most important differences found between the two cooking systems in this study.

Prospects for bioenergy with carbon capture & storage (BECCS) in the United States pulp and paper industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 2243-2261 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. J. Sagues ◽  
H. Jameel ◽  
D. L. Sanchez ◽  
S. Park
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Paper Industry ◽  
Pulp And Paper Industry ◽  
The United States ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Suitable Candidate ◽  
The Us ◽  
Carbon Capture Storage

The pulp and paper industry is a suitable candidate to lead the deployment of BECCS in the US.

The Market Valuation of Environmental Capital Expenditures by Pulp and Paper Companies

2004 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 329-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter M. Clarkson ◽  
Yue Li ◽  
Gordon D. Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Capital Expenditure ◽  
Paper Industry ◽  
Pulp And Paper Industry ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Market Valuation ◽  
The Future ◽  
Environmental Capital ◽  
Polluting Firms

The objective of this study is to examine the market valuation of environmental capital expenditure investment related to pollution abatement in the pulp and paper industry. The total environmental capital expenditure of $8.7 billion by our sample firms during 1989–2000 supports the focus on this industry. In order to be capitalized, an asset should be associated with future economic benefits. The existing environmental literature suggests that investors condition their evaluation of the future economic benefits arising from environmental capital expenditure on an assessment of the firms' environmental performance. This literature predicts the emergence of two environmental stereotypes: low-polluting firms that overcomply with existing environmental regulations, and high-polluting firms that just meet minimal environmental requirements. Our valuation evidence indicates that there are incremental economic benefits associated with environmental capital expenditure investment by low-polluting firms but not high-polluting firms. We also find that investors use environmental performance information to assess unbooked environmental liabilities, which we interpret to represent the future abatement spending obligations of high-polluting firms in the pulp and paper industry. We estimate average unbooked liabilities of $560 million for high-polluting firms, or 16.6 percent of market capitalization.

Environmental Protection in the United States Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Industry: An Overview of Regulation of Wastewater Under the U.S. Clean Water Act

1988 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca W. Hanmer
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Clean Water Act ◽  
Paper Industry ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
The United States ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Clean Water ◽  
Pulp Paper

The pulp, paper, and paperboard industry in the United States is the larqest industrial user of water with half of the facilities discharging wastewater directly to our Nation's waters. The major pollutants of concern have historically been the conventional pollutants: biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5), total suspended solids (TSS), and pH. Biological treatment systems are currently employed to reduce these pollutants. Sludges generated by these treatment systems have been categorized as nonhazardous and are generally landfilled. Under the Clean Water Act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has promulgated all the reguired regulations for this industry. The national regulations are applied to individual pulp and paper mills through permits issued by EPA Regional or State staff. Permit limits can be written that are more restrictive than the national regulations to protect local water guality. In its current projects concerning the pulp and paper industry, EPA is focusing on the reduction of toxic pollutants. The Agency is conducting a joint EPA/industry program to study dioxin discharges at bleached kraft mills. The Agency will also undertake a comprehensive review of the pulp and paper regulations in 1988.

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