INCREASING THE USE OF SUPPLEMENTAL FIBER SOURCES IN PULPING

The highlights of a recent two-day workshop to address problems of fib re shortages and increasingly high delivered wood costs show that, bas ed on their quality, availability and impact, several supplemental fib re sources can be used effectively in chemical and mechanical pulping. The workshop, held in Vancouver, British Columbia, was hosted jointly by the Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada and the Forest Eng ineering Research Institute of Canada.