Technologies for reducing dioxin in the manufacture of bleached wood pulp. Background paper

Technical Report · Mon May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5427048

Alternative technologies using oxygen as a pretreatment to chlorine bleaching and improved delignification that removes more of the potential reactants from the wood can reduce the amount of dioxin in bleached pulp. Substituting other bleaching chemicals for chlorine also shows promise for reducing the amount of dioxin produced in the bleaching process should regulation be required. The study provides an assessment of these technologies; it does not address the policy issues related to regulating dioxin in paper products and controlling environmental release.

• Research Organization: Office of Technology Assessment (U.S. Congress), Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5427048
• Report Number(s): PB-89-223291/XAB; OTA-BP-O-54
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Also available from Supt. of Docs.; Library of Congress catalog card No. 89-600719
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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