According to the company, the chemical recovery plant at its Kymi paper and pulp mill has made significant steps to reaching a carbon neutral status within its first year of operation.
As a group, UPM has cut its overall fossil carbon dioxide emissions by investing in biomass-based fuels, improving its energy efficiency and increasing the use of recycled fibre in its processes.
This has resulted in a reduction of 40% of carbon dioxide emissions per tonne of paper since 1990.
In the first year following the Kymi chemical recovery plant's start-up, UPM has met all environmental permit limits for air emissions. Reductions in sulphur dioxide, as well as particle and malodorous gas emissions, have also been achieved.
In March, UPM shrunk its annual fossil carbon dioxide emissions per tonne of paper by 12%.
UPM moves closer to CO2 neutral status with Finnish mill success
UPM has taken a major step towards achieving carbon dioxide neutral papermaking, following the success of environmental practices at one its Finnish mills, it claimed this week.
