White Papers Industry

Whiteness and Brightness. Photometric instmments, originally developed by the paper industry, are used for these measurements. Values are compared against standard white pigments such as BaSO, Ti02, or MgO. 

Methylene Chloride White Paper, Halogenated Solvents Industry Alliance (HSIA), Feb. 1989. 

The white cast irons and their low alloys have good abrasion resistance properties [2,3]. White cast irons are used for grinding balls, segments for mill liners and slurry pumps. In the ceramic industry they are used for muller tyres and augers in the pulp and paper industry for attrition mill plates and chip feeders and in the paint industry for balls for grinding pigments. 

Kraft pulping is a common process in the paper industry. Figure 8.4 shows a simplifled flowsheet of the process. In this process, wood chips are reacted (cooked) with white liquor in a digester. White liquor (which contains primarily NaOH, NaiS, Na2C03 and water) is employed to dissolve lignin from the wood chips. The cooked pulp and liquor are passed to a blow tank where the pulp is separated from the spent liquor weak black liquor which is fed to a recovery system for... 

Whilst, in general terms, industry is in agreement with the objectives of the White Paper there is disagreement over implementation. The main concerns of industry centre on the cost, timescale and increased use of animals for the testing of existing substances, many of which have been used for 30 years or more without any obvious problems. Satisfactory resolution of the issues could have a significant impact on the future direction of the European chemical industry. 

On 29 October 2003, the Commission adopted a proposal for a new EU regulatory framework for chemicals, the so-called REACH (Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation of CHemicals). This new regulatory framework achieved all the objectives identified in the White Paper (EU 2001) and thus represents a model of sustainable development by pursuing its three main goals economic (industrial competitiveness), social (health protection and jobs), and environmental. 

February 2003 Energy White Paper - the White Paper sets out a strategy for the long term, and to give industry the confidence to invest in a truly sustainable energy future. The paper commits to cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 60% by 2050 and notes the need/potential... 

In keeping with the Conservative Governments desire to minimize the role of government, the White Paper emphasized private funding of science (paragraph 2.20), but also that there should be greater links between industry and the scientific expertise of British Universities ... 

The EU Commission White Paper (CEC, 2001) says that chemicals bring about benefits on which modern society is entirely dependent, for example in food production, medicines, textiles, cars, etc (CEC, 2001, p4). The EU trade surplus in chemicals and the number of people employed directly and indirectly by the EU chemicals industry are also counted as benefits. These ideas of what counts as a benefit are critically examined in Chapter 8. 

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) (2006), Figure No. 201-1-3 Energy Balance of Japan in 2004, The White Paper for Energy in 2006 FY, METI, Tokyo, Japan. 

Other catechol-containing natural compounds have been implicated as Fenton-enhancing compounds in white rot fungi, brown rot fungi, and mold-mediated degradation of lignin and wood [64,65]. In addition to their potential effect on in situ remediation, these compounds may be of potential benefit for the pulp-and-paper industry. 

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