1. Pulp & Paper Industry
Hitesh Jaiswal
M.Tech Environment
Industrial & Hazardous Waste Management

2. Introduction
• The Pulp and Paper industry comprises companies that use
wood as raw material and produce pulp, paper, board and
other cellulose-based products.
• The industry is dominated by North America , Northern
Europe, and East Asian countries (such as East Siberian
Russia, China, Japan & S.Korea).
• It is among the 17 most polluting industrial sectors
identified by the Central Pollution Control Board.
• International Paper (US) is the world’s largest pulp and
paper maker which produced around 12 Million Tons in
2010.

3. Industries based on Products by
2010-11
• Writing & Printing ,146 mills
• Packaging (duplex board & Kraft), 444 mills
• Newsprint ,112 mills

4. Distribution of Mills based on Products
Wood Based Agro Based RCF Based
340
444 Mills
146 Mills 112 Mills
83 101
49 110
19
3
2
Printing &
Writing Packaging
Newsprint
Source: Planning Commission website

5. • Agro Based Industries used bagasse, wheat
straw, rice straw & jute.
• RCF is indigenously recovered waste paper
(27% of total consumption)
• The present consumption of wood as raw
material for paper making is 9 million tons per
annum. About 75% of the wood demand is
being met through farm/social forestry sources.

6. Global Status
Production in 2010
Production in Million Ton
92.5
75.8
27.2
23.1
12.7 11.7 11.4 11.1 10.1 9.9
China US Japan Germany Canada Finland Sweden S.Korea India Indonesia
Source : wikipedia.org

7. Indian Status
• The Indian paper industry produces 10.11 million tons
paper per annum, just 2.6% of the total world
production of 394 million tons of paper, paper board
and newsprint.
• The paper industry growth is forecast at 8.4%
annually, touching 11.5 million tons in 2011-12 and 15
million tons by 2015
• India is among the world's fastest growing paper
markets, an increase in consumption by 1 kg per capita
can potentially increase annual paper demand by a
million tons. India's paper production is forecasted to
grow at a CAGR of 8.4% while consumption is pegged
at a CAGR of 9% till 2012-13

8. Growth of Indian Paper Industry
12 11.15
10.11
10
8 7.47
6.8
5.94
6
4.87
4
2.43
2
1.1
0.75
0.11 0.34
0
1950-51 1960-61 1970-71 1980-81 1990-91 2000-01 2005-06 2010-11
Production Million Tons Consumption Million Tons
Source : CPPRI/CMIE

9. Raw Material Consumption Pattern
90 84
80
70
60
50 47
39
40
31 30 31
30
22
20
9 7
10
0
1970 2000 2011
Forest Based Agro Based Recycled Fibre
Source: Paper Industry as cited in Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, 2012

10. Indian Industries
• ITC PSPD
• Ballarpur Industries Limited
• JK Paper Limited
• Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Limited
• Century Pulp & Paper
• The Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Limited
• Orient Paper Mills
• Star Paper Mills
• Sennar Group

11. Thank You