Coated paper industry is facing increased environmental pressure reasons

The reasons for the increased environmental pressure facing the coated paper industry are mainly as follows:

First, industry pollution status

Enterprise scale and equipment: Some coated paper production enterprises are small in scale and weak in financial strength, resulting in the inability to purchase modern environmental protection equipment, which aggravates the environmental pollution problem.

Raw material structure: Due to the lack of wood resources, some coated paper production depends on grass raw materials, and grass pulp performance is not as superior as wood pulp, short fiber, high pollution load, difficult control.

Pulping method and technology: the pulping method is mainly alkali process, and the alkali recovery degree is low, which aggravates the environmental pollution. For example, the annual output of wheat grass alkaline chemical pulp in China is about 3.4 million tons, and the annual amount of alkali is about 1 million tons, but less than 10% of the alkali is recovered through the alkali recovery system, and a large amount of caustic soda along with dissolved organic matter is discharged into the water, seriously polluting the environment and water bodies.

Second, improve environmental protection policies and standards

National environmental protection policy: With the continuous improvement of the country's awareness of environmental protection, environmental protection policies are becoming increasingly strict. For example, the national "eleventh Five-Year Plan" clearly points out that it is necessary to adjust the raw material structure of the paper industry, reduce water resources consumption and pollutant emissions, eliminate backward straw pulp production lines, and implement forest-paper integration projects.

Improvement of environmental protection standards: The continuous improvement of environmental protection standards requires coated paper manufacturers to reduce pollutant emissions in the production process and improve resource utilization efficiency. This puts forward higher requirements for the production technology and equipment of enterprises, and increases the environmental protection investment and operating costs of enterprises.

Third, market demand and competitive pressure

Market demand changes: With the increase in consumer demand for environmentally friendly products, the market demand for environmentally friendly coated paper is also growing. This requires coated paper manufacturers must increase investment in environmental protection and produce products that meet environmental standards to meet market demand.

Industry competition intensifies: coated paper industry competition is fierce, price competition is increasingly fierce. In order to maintain an advantage in the competition, some enterprises may ignore environmental protection investment, but in the long run, this is not conducive to the sustainable development of enterprises. Therefore, strengthening environmental protection construction and improving product environmental protection performance have become an important means for enterprises to enhance their competitiveness.

Fourth,Influence of international trade situation

Rising trade protectionism: Trade protectionism is on the rise in international trade, and some countries and regions have set environmental barriers to imported products. In order to break through these barriers, coated paper manufacturers must improve the environmental performance of their products to meet the environmental requirements of importing countries.

Export market changes: With the change of the global trade situation, China's coated paper export market is also changing. In order to open up new export markets and maintain existing market share, coated paper manufacturers need to continuously improve the environmental performance of their products to meet the environmental standards of the international market.