New technologies, emission levels and overall environmental effects of wood-based bioproduct plants : English summary

Abstract

This is a summary of the report New technologies, emissions levels and overall environmental effects of wood-based bioproduct plants. The report was prepared as part of the OHKE project The development of the licensing and supervision of new bioproduct plants in the chemical forest industry, financed by the Ministry of the Environment. The duration of the project was from May 2020 to August 2022. The Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment for Southeast Finland and the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) have been responsible for the preparation and implementation of the project. In addition, experts from the Ministry of the Environment, Aalto University, LUT University, the Regional State Administrative Agency for Northern Finland, the Finnish Forest Industries Federation, the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation (FANC) and several forest industry companies were involved in the project.