ECF/TCF: The debate moves to marketing, Solutions!, November 2001, Vol. 84(11)
Alan Rooks
The high profile battle over kraft pulp bleaching has receded from the headlines. Where once there was loud public and legislative debate on the relative merits of elemental chlorine free (ECF) and totally chlorine free (TCF) pulp bleaching, today that front is mostly quiet. ECF has become the dominant pulp bleaching method, commanding 67% of world bleached chemical pulp production in 2000, and accounting for more than 53.1 million metric tons, according to the Alliance for Environmental Technology (AET). By contrast, TCF bleached pulp production in 2000 was about 5.5 million metric tons, representing 7% of the market. Production of ECF bleached pulp is expected to grow sharply in 2001 as the balance of U.S. mills come into compliance with the U.S. EPA’s Cluster Rule.
ECF/TCF: The debate moves to marketing, Solutions!, November 2001, Vol. 84(11)
