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Pollution performance of firms from pulp and paper industries

Environmental management (New York), 1986-05, Vol.10 (3), p.359-365 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Pollution performance of firms from pulp and paper industries
Author: Freedman, M ; Jaggi, B
Subjects: COLLECTE DE DONNEES ; CONTAMINACION DEL AGUA ; CONTAMINANTES ; DATA COLLECTION ; DESEMPENO ; Freshwater ; INDUSTRIA PAPELERA ; INDUSTRIE PAPETIERE ; INFORMATION SERVICES ; PAPER INDUSTRY ; POLLUANT ; POLLUTANTS ; POLLUTION DE L'EAU ; RECOLECCION DE DATOS ; SERVICE D'INFORMATION ; SERVICIOS DE INFORMACION ; WATER POLLUTION
Is Part Of: Environmental management (New York), 1986-05, Vol.10 (3), p.359-365
Description: The study aimed to develop an updated water pollution database for firms in the pulp and paper industry, to develop a weighted pollution index for evaluating corporate pollution performance and to compare water pollution performance among the firms. Thirteen of the largest pulp and paper producers in the U.S.A. were chosen. Biochemical oxygen demand, total suspended solids and pH were measured. The net discharge for all firms was positive indicating that all the firms in the study contributed to water pollution. There was a wide disparity between the firms with regard to the amount of pollution being discharged into the waterways. The factories did not have a consistently poor performance for all the pollutants. Generally, most firms complied with U.S. EPA guidelines at the time emissions occurred.
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0364-152X
EISSN: 1432-1009
DOI: 10.1007/BF01867260
Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection

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