Chlorine-Free Paper

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses how the use of chlorine in the pulp and paper industry harms the environment. The paper first discusses other technologies that can rid the pulp and paper industry of its dependence on chlorine bleaching. The paper then provides many statistics that show that a lot more work has to be done to migrate from the detrimental system that uses chlorine. According to the paper, the elimination of chlorine-based bleaching is not only a good practice, but a common sense way to survive as humans.

From the Paper:

"Global warming is a real threat to the environment and the world today. We have seen the Arctic ice caps melt thereby seeing a rise in sea levels. The world is experiencing freak climate changes as a result of the global warming phenomena and this is all because of how humans abused the bounties of the earth. The ozone layer is already depleted due to the rise in greenhouse gases brought about by fossil fuel emissions. We could have done better but we did not, and we continually "rape and pillage" Mother Earth all in the name of profit and a convenient lifestyle. Fossil fuel emissions are not the only way we harm the environment. Even in the pulp and paper industry, the use of chlorine in bleaching these products and discarding the by-products also harm the environment."

Sample of Sources Used:

• McCarthy, Kevin E. (2001, September 20). Chlorine-free paper. [Online] Retrieved April 18, 2008 from the Connecticut General Assembly database on the Website: http://www.cga.ct.gov/2001/rpt/olr/htm/2001-r-0677.htm.
• Tanaka, Ryohei, Rosli, Wan W.D., Magara, Kengo, Ikeda, Tsutomu & Hosoya, Shuji. (2004, November 25). Chlorine-free bleaching of Kraft pulp from oil palm empty fruit bunches. [Online] Retrieved April 18, 2008 from the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences database on the Website: http://ss.jircas.affrc.go.jp/kankoubutsu/jarq/38-4/38-04-10.pdf.
• U.S. PIRG. (2007, August 1). Pulp fiction: Chemical hazard reduction at pulp and paper mills. [Online] Retrieved April 18, 2008 from the Website: http://www.uspirg.org/uploads/ux/kS/uxkSaZ7QHw1AYimdulFRZg/PulpFictionFinalU.S.PIRG.pdf.

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