Scientists are helping the paper industry to convert paper sludge - the largest waste stream from paper factories - into bio-oils and raw materials suitable for re-use. They aim to build a ...

SARATOGA >> Hanehan Family Dairy is one of 90 New York state farms that use recycled paper mill sludge to keep cows clean, healthy and comfortable. Syracuse Fiber Recycling gets the material from SCA ...

Scientists have developed a new material by applying a biotechnological treatment to paper sludge. In many cases, the new material could replace plastic packaging and certain building materials.

OTSEGO, MI — A contamination probe into Menasha Corp paper mill waste that was spread on farms in Kalamazoo and Allegan counties has led state investigators to PFAS contamination in private drinking ...

HOUSTON (CN) — Contamination from toxic sludge pits next to the San Jacinto River in Houston was not the fault of the paper mill that produced the waste, a state appeals court ruled. Harris ...

Waste sludge and crumb from the paper industry can be recycled in an effective manner if a number of key issues are addressed. First, the chemical, biological and physical properties of the waste are ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The paper mill hulks over a bend in the Potomac River Valley, a castle of pale blue metal between ...

"Fly ash" is pretty much what it sounds like: fine airborne particles of ash. It's generated in large quantities during the manufacture of paper and cardboard, along with a lot of sludge. Although a ...

As Carolinas residents complained last year about nauseating fumes from a York County paper mill, a less visible threat lurked in some of the mill’s aging waste lagoons along the Catawba River. The ...