black liquor

American  

noun

1. (in making wood pulp for paper) the liquor that remains after digestion.

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Example Sentences

Pulp mills stopped dumping “black liquor,” a paper byproduct, into the water and Environment Canada began testing for waterborne carcinogens, like dioxins and furans, that had decimated fisheries.

From Seattle Times

The Baltimore Sun reports the Potomac Riverkeeper Network says the 131-year-old Luke facility has been fouling the river with black liquor, a paper-making byproduct Maryland considers a renewable energy source.

From Washington Times

“It is not certain that the seepage is black liquor or that the mill is the source,” Verso spokeswoman Kathi Rowzie said in an email.

From Washington Post

Water samples collected by his organization found alarming levels of toxic materials, including arsenic, boron and methyl mercury, in addition to other chemical compounds that are consistent with black liquor, Walls said.

From Washington Post

In 2009 and 2010, U.S. paper companies even received a refundable tax credit by using black liquor as an alternative biomass fuel — a provision that angered environmentalists, who saw the tax break as a perversion of efforts to promote clean energy such as solar power.

From Washington Post