Decarbonization with Carbonate – How to Reduce CO2 Footprint and to Improve Productivity with Functional Pigments, 23TAPPICon

During recent years, it became scientifically clear that greenhouse gas emissions represent the main driver for climate change. Consequently, the consideration of carbon dioxide equivalents became the focus of global initiatives and national regulations. As the paper and board producing industry is among the main six emitters of greenhouse gases of the industrial sector, carbon reduction regulations triggered many initiatives among which the replacement of raw materials with high carbon footprint are seriously considered. This article shows that carbon footprint calculations must be well understood to avoid wrong conclusions such as replacing ground calcium carbonate (GCC) with precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC). Furthermore, it can be shown that the careful choice of minerals can support the carbon footprint reduction of paper. Furthermore, it can be shown that improvements of the environmental footprint of paper do not compromise on quality – and that quality and carbon footprint reduction are not contradicting each other.

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