To maintain a high environmental performance, the pulp and paper industry has made important investments in more efficient production processes and technologies (Ghose and ChingaCarrasco,2013), and the adoption of CP methodologies and the potential reduction in the negative environmental impact have been major concerns. Cleaner production is an integrated approach to handling waste and pollutants in industries (Visvanathan and Kumar, 1999). This approach entails an economic environmentally friendly production system that encompasses improvements in
energy use, raw material use, and a reduction in emissions and waste. In addition, the importance of CP has motivated leaders of different countries at diverse levels of industrial development to establish national strategies or programs to accelerate the implementation of CP