The world in the 21st century is confronted with multifaceted challenges against rapid
climate change and continuous ecological disturbances caused by revolutionary socio …

This tutorial review aims to describe the status of the scaling up of organosolv treatment. It is
a process where various lignocellulosic materials are fractionated, selective …

Increasing environmental concerns and depleting non–renewable resources have prompted
many researchers to evaluate the effectiveness of eco-friendly materials, such as …

Waste paper is recovered and bleached to produce recycled newsprints and magazines. It is
composed of a fibre mixture from different wood pulping processes. Each type of fibre shows …

Paper sludge consists mainly of wet short cellulose fibers that are lost during papermaking
and of residual chemicals used in the manufacturing process that remain dissolved in the …

The potential use of paper sludge (PS) as filler in the production of bio-composites based on
poly lactic acid (PLA) and polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT) was investigated …

The pulp and paper industry stands out as an example of a technology based on a
renewable resource, cellulose. The sludge, however, poses major environmental and public …

The pulp and paper industry is highly energy-intensive. In mills that use chemical pulping,
roughly half of the higher heating value of the cellulosic material used to manufacture the …

To reduce the pollution caused by paper sludge in the environment and overcome issues of
poor water resistance and brittleness in Magnesium Oxychloride Cement (MOC), the MOC …

This paper presents experimental investigations on epoxy mortar produced using industrial
wastes. In some recent studies, coal bottom ash and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste …