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Re:InventWood is about to mass-produce wood that's stronger ... by scythe on Monday May 19, 2025 @08:25AM (#44029070)
The real question for practical purposes is how much of these fine chemicals are actually consumed during the process and how much can be reused. The foul-smelling Kraft process has held on to its title in paper production because the chemicals it uses can be recycled within the plant itself. There are many better, less polluting ways to make paper, but they consume an impractical amount of chemicals which drives the price way out of economic usability.

This process will need to regenerate almost all of that sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfite, or it's just peracetic paper again.

Re:InventWood is about to mass-produce wood that's stronger ... by koverstreet on Monday May 19, 2025 @08:36AM (#44029188)
I'd rather live next to a leaky paper plant than a teflon plant any day.
Re:InventWood is about to mass-produce wood that's stronger ... by itsbenweeks on Monday May 19, 2025 @09:42AM (#44029818)
I wouldn't. The numerous miscarriages that my grandmother had while living in a mill town, and the cancer diagnoses that followed family who worked at the mill taught me to stay upstream of mill towns.
Re:InventWood is about to mass-produce wood that's stronger ... by zoklet-enjoyer on Monday May 19, 2025 @12:13PM (#44031378)
Visit Int'l Falls, MN. They have a paper mill and then there's another one on the other side of the river in Canada. It's foul
Re:InventWood is about to mass-produce wood that's stronger ... by gertop on Monday May 19, 2025 @11:55AM (#44031171)
I think it's clear that you're not familiar with how often paper mills have poisoned the nearby populations.
Re:InventWood is about to mass-produce wood that's stronger ... by echelon on Monday May 19, 2025 @09:22AM (#44029599)
I'd rather live next to neither. Paper plants stink.
Re:InventWood is about to mass-produce wood that's stronger ... by Loughla on Monday May 19, 2025 @01:51PM (#44032614)
Absolutely not. Paper mills are fucking nightmares.