New bid for pulp mill in Tasmania

The report titled Development of new environmental emission limit guidelines for any new bleached eucalpypt kraft pulpmill in Tasmania was published two months earlier than expected, but no one is getting very enthusiastic about it. According to a report in AUSNEWZ Pulp& Paper neither the Tasmanian Government nor timber company Gunns wants to appear too keen on the proposal. Building a pulp mill in Tasmania is an issue that draws battle lines in the community hand has the potential to bring governments down.

Despite this there is covert support from both sides of the political fence for a new mill and the review of environmental guidelines is considered the first step to bringing the issue to the fore. The report is now available for public comment at www.rpdc.tas.gov.au

According to AUSNEWZ Pulp& Paper it should be apparent to those who read it that pulp mill technology has improved considerably since the previous iterations. It proposes that the need for a mill is no longer an option for Tasmania, but a necessity.