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Side-stream, byproduct – or revenue source?
“One person’s trash is another person’s treasure,” the saying goes. Yet this need not only apply to resale store bargains and attic discoveries. For pulp and paper companies, the concept of finding value in process by-products can mean large-scale gains. These additional revenue sources are a boon in a highly competitive global market, and are sparking the development of innovations that boost sustainability as well as the bottom line.
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Prisma finds application for biomass waste lignin
CORTNEY ROARK Using feedstock that includes locally-sourced switchgrass, a Knoxville, TN company has developed technology that produces high-value applications from lignin. The company’s CEO, Adam McCall, Prisma Renewable Composites, was interviewed recently for a story in the Knoxville News Sentinel.
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UPM prepares its own PEFC certification group
UPM is expanding its certification services in Finland and is preparing an application of its own PEFC group certificate in 2014.
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Finland to lead the way in developing storage of solar and wind energy
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has joined forces with Lappeenranta University of Technology and the Finland Futures Research Centre at the University of Turku, in the launch of an extensive development project for a brand new energy system and its associated business sector in Finland.
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Research & Development in the Pulp and Paper Industry
A recent Paper 360° article (“Pulp and Paper Innovations,” July/August 2014), highlighted eight significant innovations: aseptic packaging, chlorine-free bleaching, high filler content paper, twin wire forming retrofits, extended nip presses, highly energy efficient chemical recovery boilers, millwide control systems, and biochemical production.
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Sappi and Edinburgh Napier University discover new process to make nanocellulose
Scientists from Edinburgh Napier University and Sappi have developed a low cost way to turn wood into a wonder material that could be used to build greener cars, thicken foods and even treat wounds.
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Emissions drop at UK Paper Mills in 2014
Figures released by the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) confirm a continued fall in emissions from UK paper mills.
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Global forest and paper industry makes progress on sustainability commitments
The International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) has released its 2015 Sustainability Progress Report which shows improvements on a range of sustainability indicators and focuses on the industry’s contributions toward a green economy.
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Interview with Theodora Retsina, CEO of American Process Inc.
Q: What is the topic of your keynote speech at the upcoming TAPPI conference?
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2016 AF&PA Sustainability Award Winner
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) presented its 2016 Better Practices, Better Planet 2020 Sustainability Awards at AF&PA’s annual meeting on Friday, Nov. 11 in Cary, NC. Five AF&PA member companies received awards from 23 outstanding submissions across the industry.