Green Glossary

This page contains a list of green expressions that apply to manufacturing and industry. You can search for a given phrase or find phrases by clicking on their initials on the table below.

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Phrase Explanation
AOX

Absorbable Organic Halides. Measures the quantity of chlorinated organic compounds in mill wastes. It is also an indirect indicator of the quantity of elemental chlorine used in the bleaching process and the amount of lignin in the unbleached pulp before it enters the bleach plant.