Degussa Wastewater Reduction at Paper Mills

Degussa AG and DEG (a German investment and development company), came together in a public-private partnership to conduct a series of training events in Beijing for employees of Chinese paper mills. The events, which took place throughout 2004 and will continue into 2005, aim to teach employees how to optimize wastewater circuits at paper mills.

In 2003, the Chinese paper industry produced approximately 2.5 billion tons of wastewater – making up 12% of all industrial wastewater in China. Water consumption in Chinese paper mills is currently between 20 to 200 m3 per ton of paper, compared to the standard in Western paper mills of less than 20 m3 per ton of paper and a “Zero Effluent