paper mill

Sheet production facility

A paper mill is a factory where paper is manufactured from wood pulp or other fibers.

The term also refers to a business that produces academic essays, dissertations, or other written work for students to submit as their own: The university expelled three students for buying term papers from a paper mill.

pulp

cellulose

Plant wall polysaccharide

sulfite · bleaching · digester · lignin · woodpulp · beating · refining · slurry · screening · washing

production

manufacturing

Industrial product creation

calendering · coating · corrugating · lamination · rewinding · slitting · sizing · watermark · newsprint · cardboard

pollution

emissions

Substances released into air

wastewater · air quality · environmental impact · acid rain · dioxins · discharge · sludge · smokestack · regulations · cleanup

recycling

sustainability

Capacity to endure indefinitely

reuse · eco-friendly · recyclable · reclamation · recovery · post-consumer · bales · wastepaper · closed-loop

odor

sulfur

Yellow combustible element

  • mustyStale from dampness
  • pungentSharply strong-smelling
  • acridUnpleasantly sharp-smelling

fumes · smoky · rotten eggs · chemical · distinctive · pervasive · hydrogen sulfide · bleach · chlorine · steam

fraud

counterfeit

Fraudulent imitation

unaccredited · phony

labor

workforce

All available workers

  • shiftsMoves or work periods
  • manualWritten instructions for use
  • toilStrenuous, prolonged effort

overtime · assembly · laborers · grind · fatigue · union · millworkers · dangerous · injuries · night shift

Categories
Opposites
industrial process stage

paper milllumber yard

Wood retail facility

logging camp · sawmill · tree plantation · tree farm · printing press

production vs. consumption/disposal

paper millrecycling plant

Facility reprocessing discarded materials

paper shredder · incinerator · landfill

analog vs. digital information

paper milldata center

Facility housing networked computers

server farm

Family

paper, mill, papers, windmill, miller, paperback, papered, milling, mills

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G