Definitions for "ELEMENTAL CHLORINE FREE"
Keywords:  bleached, ecf, dioxins, chlorine, pulp
Elemental chlorine free pulp is bleached without the use of elemental chlorine.
Pulp that is bleached without chlorine gas.
ECF papers are made exclusively with pulp that uses chlorine dioxide, but not elemental chlorine gas, rather than elemental chlorine gas as a bleaching agent. This virtually eliminates the discharge of detectable dioxins in the effluent of pulp manufacturing facilities.