Pulp and paper mill wastes: utilizations and prospects for high value-added biomaterials

A Haile, GG Gelebo, T Tesfaye, W Mengie… - Bioresources and …, 2021 - Springer
A wide variety of biomass is available all around the world. Most of the biomass exists as a
by-product from manufacturing industries. Pulp and paper mills contribute to a higher …

Pulp and paper mill fly ash: A review

C Cherian, S Siddiqua - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
The continual growth of pulp and paper industry has led to the generation of tremendous
volumes of fly ash as byproducts of biomass combustion processes. Commonly, a major part …

Waste valorization of coal mining waste from a circular economy perspective: A Brazilian case study based on environmental and physicochemical features

J Acordi, L Simão, MNS Faraco, CH Borgert, E Olivo… - Resources Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Mineral coal reserves are distributed across all continents in more than 70 countries. The
extraction and industrial processing of these reserves generate large amounts of tailings …

Ceramic shell waste valorization: A new approach to increase the sustainability of the precision casting industry from a circular economy perspective

KA Oliveira, L Simão, LB Rebouças, D Hotza… - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
The problem of waste generation has grown because of the need to extract natural
resources, obtain materials, and consume energy to meet current societal needs. Many …

Valorization of Brazilian waste foundry sand from circular economy perspective

DM Machado, BG Júnior, L Simão, MJ Ribeiro… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
The manufacturing and processing industries play a vital role in the Brazilian economy.
However, they also produce significant waste from natural resources, much of which is …

Development of new geopolymers based on stone cutting waste

L Simão, D Hotza, MJ Ribeiro, RM Novais… - … and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
The use of calcium-rich materials in geopolymerization has been reported in the literature
and generally induces an increase in mechanical properties. In this work, stone cutting …

Paper industry slag for the production of building ceramics

V Zalyhina, V Cheprasova… - Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Re‐use of wastes as a part of sustainable development is one of the most
important aspects of a healthy human life and environmental protection. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of As-Received Green Liquor Dregs and Biomass Ash Residues from a Pulp and Paper Industry as Raw Materials for Geopolymers

RV Eleutério, L Simão, P Lemes, D Hotza - Minerals, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study aimed to investigate the impact of as-received biomass fly ashes (BFA) and green
liquor dregs obtained from a pulp and paper plant in Brazil as substitutes for metakaolin in …

[HTML][HTML] Utilization of calcite-rich Green Liquor Dregs (GLD) by-products from pulp and paper industry: Cement clinker production and life cycle analysis

S Srivastava, S Moukannaa, V Isteri… - Case Studies in …, 2024 - Elsevier
The pulp and paper industry produces several calcite-rich by-products including Green
Liquor Dregs (GLDs), lime mud, grits, sludges, etc. Presently, majority of these by-products …

Characterisation of pulp and paper mill sludge for beneficiation

TB Jele, B Sithole, P Lekha, J Andrew - Cellulose, 2022 - Springer
In this study, three different pulp and paper mill sludge (PPMS) samples collected from
different South African mills were chemically and physically characterised to investigate their …