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Pulp Industry Performance and Circular Economy
Pulp Industry Performance and Circular Economy

Author(s): Kayal Bassam, Lina Abu-Ghunmi, Diana Abu-Ghunmi, Mihai Nicolescu, Amir Rashid, Iyad Al Khatib
Subject(s): Economy, National Economy, Supranational / Global Economy, Business Economy / Management, Micro-Economics, Energy and Environmental Studies, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Кіровоградський національний технічний університет
Keywords: pulp industry; circular economy; reduces; reuse; recycle

Summary/Abstract: The importance of pulp industry coupled with its intensive use of earth resources and its environmental pollution consequences raise concerns about the industry sustainability. This paper aims to review pulp industry performance in the context of circular economy, which achieves sustainability by tools of reduction, reuse and recycle. The study showed pulp industry is moving toward circularity through enhancing productivity by reducing materials consumption; fiber resource, water, chemical, and energy