2006 Volume 60 Issue 1 Pages 98-105
The Nagaoka Mill of Hokuetsu Paper Mills, Ltd has been registered to ISO 14001 since 1996, making the most of its location in a nature-rich area to be a modern factory that can contribute to the society and environment. Since then we have aimed at environmentally friendly paper-making. In that attempt we found the problem;the disposal of PS (paper sludge) which has high load-environment. As the countermeasure we installed the PS carbonizing plant in August, 2003, and it started to be in commercial operation in March, 2004after a long period of the test operation.
This report shows the process of how we managed the problems that occurred during one year and three months of the commercial operation from its beginning to this June.