Mercury in the pulp and paper mill environment: appraisal and ...
The most significant airborne mercury discharge occurs through burning of coal (12 lb of Hg/1000 ton of pulp). The fuel use by the paperpulp industry may represent about 2% of the total coal burned and the industry's share in airborne mercury pollution amounts to just that. Paperpulp mills discharge only a very small amount of mercury (about ...