Torraspapel reduces CO2 emissions by 9 percent

Torraspapel, part of the Lecta Group, has succeeded in reducing its CO2 emissions per ton manufactured to 0.40 t.CO2/t over the last two years.

This significant reduction in specific CO2 emissions is the result of various measures, such as replacing fuel oil by natural gas, improvements in production processes, implementing plant-specific energy-saving projects, and giving priority to railway over road transportation.

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is an environmental necessity that is incumbent on society as a whole to ward off the climate change resulting from a greenhouse gas build-up.

Among the greenhouse gases released through the manufacture of pulp and paper, carbon dioxide (CO2) is clearly the most significant.

All Torraspapel mills run controls on CO2 emissions and strive to improve the energy efficiency of their processes in order to scale back those emissions as far as possible, in line with the Kyoto Protocol, thus contributing to reducing the greenhouse effect.