Tenth International Conference on The Constructed Environment

Abstract

Sustainable Pulp and Paper Industry in the U.S. is not only essential for economic growth and supply chain but also for environmental preservation. Using a non-radial slack-based measurement data envelopment analysis (SBM-DEA) with the output-oriented model under variable returns to scale assumption, this study assesses the environmental efficiency of the Pulp and Paper Industry in the U.S. from years 2015 to 2018. In addition to environmental efficiency, the Malmquist index and its decompositions change were estimated for the dynamic change of environmental efficiency. The findings of this study reveal that the U.S. Pulp and Paper industry was environmental inefficient; U.S. states had an average Environmental Efficiency below 0.71 during 2015– 2018. Therefore, the states within self-reported facilities could substantially reduce fossil-based and bio-based CO2eq emissions to improve the environmental efficiency of their Pulp and Paper industry.