Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Industry contributes directly and indirectly (through consumed electricity) about 37% of the global greenhouse gas emissions, of which over 80% is from energy use. Total energy-related emissions, which were 9.9 GtCO2 in 2004, have grown by 65% since 1971. Even so, industry has almost continuously improved its energy efficiency over …
Ragpicking, one would assume, is the last area a corporate would want to foray into. But for ITC, which had in the past entered unorganised businesses such as manufacturing match sticks and incense sticks, it is a potential gold mine. Consider this: for 80 per cent of the 630 paper …
Keora (Sonnertia appetula) is the main species in the coastal region of Bangladesh. At present this species has no industrial or other application. In this paper, keora has been characterized and evaluated as a pulping raw material.
Jute mainly grows in eastern India. It has been used as packaging material for different commodities and also to some extent for carpet backing, hessian, decorative fabrics etc. Due to stiff competition from synthetic fibre, it is necessary to find some new uses of jute fibre and its by product. …
Date-palm leaf (sustainable agri-residue) is an excellent raw material for making pulp and paper of various grades due to the presence of high alpha cellulose (50-55%), hemi cellulose (26-30%) and ultimate fibre-length (1.25 to 2.50 mm). The presence of high amount of hemi cellulose in the pulp is found to …
To meet the present day market demand in quality product, there was a high stress on pulp mills to develop highest quality of pulp with low operating cost in production to maintain profitability apart from meeting the norms stipulated by CREP, Central and State Pollution Control boards. Keeping this in …
Most of the Indian pulp and paper industry bleaches the pulp by conventional bleaching sequence (CEHH). The final discharge of the mill contributes to high COD load and AOX which is highly toxic in nature.
Recycled paper has come of age and continues to improve. But the next time you place an order for new stationary paper stack, be sure you are well-informed about what recycled paper actually is.
Government move to allow pulp trees on degraded land not sound PRIVATE paper mills may soon be allowed to develop wasteland as plantations for pulpwood. S P Maurya, director, department of industrial policy and promotion, indicated this at the PapAsia 2009 conference on pulp, paper conversion and packaging industry held …
Pulp and paper mill requires a huge quantity of water and accordingly a substantial amount of spent liquor is generated. In this study purification of lignosulphonates (LS) present in spent sulphite liquor, a pulp and paper mill effluent was studied using continuous diafiltration.
The Tamil Nadu Green Movement, a network of environmental activists, opposed some aspects of the effluent-to-irrigation scheme in the 1980s. Since then, the Seshasayee factory has come a long way.
Color and odour from integrated pulp and paper mill has been a matter of concern, on aesthetic sense, which has also been addressed in the CREP guidelines for the pulp and paper industry. Though the odour problem has been taken care by installing systems for NCG collection and combustion, the …
BGPPL Unit: Kamalapuram is one of the best unit in South India for manufacturings Dissolving Grade pulp with annual capacity of 98000 TPA, supplying to textile industries. This unit is located in Kamalapuram of Warangal in Andhra Pradesh. This unit has latest state of the art of equipments and entire …
Pulp and paper industry is facing a major problem on account of increasing scarcity of water and stringent discharge norms introduced by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in the form of CREP (Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Protection). Large proportion of water being discharged presently will have to be recycled back …
The Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Protection (CREP) guidelines impose several new requirements on pulp and paper mills in India to adopt more environmentally friendly practices, including a reduction in AOX emissions that will require a shift away from chlorine based pulp bleaching. This paper describes Aker Solutions' integrated …
This paper discusses the evolution of non-wood pulping technology and key challenges for future growth. Emission of dissolved organic material including chlorinated organic compounds is the main concern. Recovery of black liquor from cooking and reduced bleach plant emissions is the way to go. Abhishek Industries Ltd. and Tamil Nadu …
With the steady development of technology processing secondary fibres during the last decades, the range of application for waste paper has widened considerably. Starting with partial replacement of mechanical pulp for newsprint, followed by total substitution, also high grade writing & printing as well as copy papers are considered to …
For sustainability and growth of Indian paper industry, the technology has to be upgraded to adapt to Indian conditions in view of scale of paper production, raw material scenario and environmental concerns. Paper industry is looking at innovative ways and means to reduce the production cost, improve quality of the …
