La industria del papel es una de las que más energía
requiere para mantener su actividad, requiere unas inmensas cantidades de agua
que normalmente se mezcla con sustancias químicas y toxicas de las cuales, la
más peligrosa y dañina es el cloro, usado durante el proceso de blanqueado de
la pasta que dará al papel un tono relucientemente blanco. Sin embargo, algunas
de las empresas han llegado a ser un poco más eficientes desde el punto de
vista energético, donde incluso pueden llegar a generar su propia energía
procedente de los restos de madera que se desechan durante el proceso de fábrica.



Un ejemplo de industria concienciada con la sostenibilidad
es Mohawk Paper (U.S), donde ofrecen papel de alta calidad con un contenido muy
alto de pasta de papel procedente del reciclado de papel usado, el 100% del
papel es tratado sin cloro y la madera utilizada procede de bosques con
certificado de sostenibilidad. Además, los ahorros de costes por la reducción de
energía les han permitido invertir en energía eólica y financiar proyectos de
energías renovables en EE.UU.
Algunos datos interesantes sobre la industria del papel:
- Los bosques almacenan el 50% del CO2 el plantea.
- La mitad de los bosques del mundo han desaparecido por la
tala indiscriminada de árboles. (aunque es cierto que no solo involucra a la
industria del papel).
- La industria del papel es la cuarta generadora mundial de
gases de efecto invernadero.

- Comparado con el uso de fibras de madera virgen, el papel
reciclado utiliza para su fabricación un 44% menos de energía, produce un 38%
menos de gases de efecto invernadero, genera un 50% menos de aguas residuales,
un 49% menos de residuos sólidos y por supuesto, un 100% menos de madera.
- En 2011, un 57% del papel fue reciclado en EE.UU.
- El papel para escritura e impresión utiliza solamente un
6% de papel reciclado, los pañuelos de papel un 45% y los periódicos solo un
32%.
[English Version] The
paper industry is one that requires more energy to maintain their
activity, requires a huge amount of water that is mixed with chemicals
and toxic of which the most dangerous and harmful is chlorine, used
during pulp bleaching to give the paper a white relucientemente tone. However,
some companies have become slightly more efficient in terms of energy,
which can even generate your own energy from wood waste that are
discarded during the factory.
According to the U.S. government, industry, paper industry is the fourth largest generator of greenhouse gases and CO2, in fact, is estimated to emit about 212 million tons of toxic substances to air and water. Furthermore, this industry is ranked third in the world in the use of water for industrial use. These data place the paper industry as one of the most harmful environmental and sustainability terms, regardless of the improvements have been made in recent years during the manufacturing process.
But as the paper industry impacts on the environment?, The negative impact occurs at three different levels of the production cycle of the paper. Beginning with the felling of trees for fiber, continuing the transformation of wood fiber in the ground to make the paper and ending with the scrap of paper already manufactured and used by the consumer. Forests are critical to the protection of biodiversity as the basis of the natural habitat of flora and fauna and clean the air of carbon dioxide. The paper industry generally cutting parts or even the total forest using very aggressive deforestation techniques, these techniques degrade the ecosystem that keeps alive the local flora and fauna also eliminating a key element to purify the air of the planet . Also in developing countries, deforestation produces displacement and uprooting of tribal cultures that base their livelihood on the natural environment around them. In a highly optimized manufacturing process, wood fibers come from sustainably managed forests and recycling of waste paper is included as pre-production phase of new paper pulp. This not only saves trees and forests, but also reduces waste and eliminates methane gas from decomposing paper.
It is necessary that the paper industry is so harmful?. It could make many more efforts to reduce environmental impact, can be supplied to the industry of wood from sustainably managed forests, increase recycling of paper end users, improve the efficiency of the manufacturing process in energy use and water, or reduce or even eliminate the use of chlorine for paper color. In fact, some manufacturers are already implementing measures to make profits in these areas but still not a majority who use them.
An example of industry to sustainability concienciada Mohawk Paper (U.S.), where they offer high-quality paper with a very high content of pulp from recycled waste paper, the paper is 100% chlorine-free treated wood used comes from forests certified as sustainable. In addition, cost savings from energy reduction have allowed to invest in wind and finance renewable energy projects in the U.S.
Some interesting facts about the paper industry:- Forests store CO2 50% of the poses.- Half of the world's forests have disappeared by the indiscriminate felling of trees. (Admittedly, not only involving the paper industry).- The paper industry is the fourth world generating greenhouse gases.- If paper consumption was reduced by 10% in the U.S., would prevent the emission of nearly 1.6 million tons of greenhouse gases.- Compared with the use of virgin wood fibers, recycled paper used to manufacture a 44% less power, produces a 38% under greenhouse gases, generates 50% less waste water, 49% less solid waste and of course, a 100% minus wood.- In 2011, 57% of paper was recycled in the U.S.- The writing and printing paper uses only 6% of recycled paper tissues by 45% and newspapers only 32%.
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