PAPER TASK FORCE
Duke University ** Environmental Defense Fund
Johnson & Johnson ** McDonald's
The Prudential Insurance Company of America ** Time Inc.
WHITE PAPER NO. 10C
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARISON - MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES
FOR VIRGIN AND RECYCLED
COATED PAPERBOARD FOR FOLDING CARTONS
December 19, 1995
1995 Environmental Defense Fund
Table of Contents
I.
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................4
A.
COATED PAPERBOARDS FOR FOLDING CARTON GRADES...................................................................4
B.
MAJOR TOPICS ...................................................................................................................................5
C.
METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................................................5
II.
FINDINGS............................................................................................................................................8
A.
ENERGY CONSUMPTION ASSOCIATED WITH PULP AND PAPERBOARD MANUFACTURING PROCESSES 8
B.
ENERGY-RELATED AIR EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH PULP AND PAPERBOARD MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
9
C.
PROCESS-RELATED AIR EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH PULP AND PAPERBOARD MANUFACTURING
PROCESSES .....................................................................................................................................................10
D.
EFFLUENT ASSOCIATED WITH PULP AND PAPERBOARD MANUFACTURING PROCESSES ...................10
E.
SOLID WASTE GENERATION ASSOCIATED WITH PULP AND PAPERBOARD MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
11
F.
COMPARISONS OF THE PAPERBOARD GRADES..................................................................................11
III. ENERGY CONSUMPTION ASSOCIATED WITH PULP AND PAPERBOARD MANUFACTURING
PROCESSES................................................................................................................................................13
A.
SCOPE ......