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Richard Venditti

Consulting

Consulting Activities

PULMAC machine - Richard Venditti - College of Natural Resources at NC State University
  • Pulp molded products manufacturing
  • Determination or recyclability of paper products
  • Paper and tissue structure versus properties relationship.
  • The suitability of new, alternative materials for paper products.
  • Paper storage and assessment of damage occurring during storage.
  • The evaluation of new types of printing materials in paper recycling.
  • Methods to track macro and micro adhesive contaminants in a paper mill or paper recycling mill.
  • Pulp and paper manufacturing equipment such as screens, cleaners, kneaders, flotation, clarification, refining.
  • Paper recycling markets.
  • Environmental Life Cycle Analysis Practitioner
  • Environmental Life Cycle Analysis Reviewer
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Expert Witness Topics

  • Damage to stored paper rolls due to moisture.
  • Method of producing soft tissue.
  • Pulp processing equipment.
  • Paper manufacturing and paper properties
  • Environmental impacts of paper production
  • Fiber types and contents in non-paper products
  • Fiber and wood identification
  • Paper recycling

Life Cycle Analysis Critical Reviewer (ISO 14044)

Critical review is a process to verify whether an LCA has met the requirements  specified in international standards to produce a reliable LCA.  Dr. Venditti is experienced in the ISO 14044 standard method of critical review of LCAs.  In the critical review process the methods, data, results, interpretation, scope, goal, boundary, intended audience and other components of an LCA are evaluated to determine whether they are consistent, valid and transparent.   There are different requirements for third party reports and comparative assertions or Type I, II or III product environmental labels and declarations that must also be addressed.  Dr. Venditti, as a Chemical Engineer, practicing material and chemical scientist, extensive scientific author, and teacher of LCA combines a useful skill set to deliver clear and valid reviews according to the ISO standards, ISO 14040, 14044, 14024, 14021, and 14025.

Corporate Consulting Activities:

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  • Technical work on patent case involving tissue manufacturing, 1995
  • Legal work pertaining to paper product suitability and damage, 1996
  • Synthetic fibers for use in paper applications, 1996
  • Flotation deinking of novel toners, 2000
  • Training instructor, 2000
  • Training instructor, 2000
  • Training instructor, 2003-2006
  • Micron Size Range Adhesive Contaminants, 2004
  • IP, Koch Cellulose, training instructor, 2005
  • Paper product carbon footprint modeling, 2010
  • Review of environmental impacts of alternate packages, 2013
  • Technical Advisory Board, 2013
  • Paper properties for medical devices, 2013
  • Molded products technology and stock preparation, 2013
  • Sodium balances in a kraft mill, 2014-2015
  • Personal care products, 2015
  • Paper bag specifications, 2015
  • Paper sorting operations, 2016
  • Paper short course, 2017
  • Pulp processing, 2016
  • LCA on biopolymer, external reviewer, 2017
  • Barrier properties of pulp molded products, 2017
  • LCA Product Rules Review panel, 2017
  • Molded Products Technology and Chemistry, 2021-

Legal Consulting Activities:

1995. Proctor and Gamble, technical work on patent case involving tissue manufacturing and tissue structures/properties.

1996. National Interstate Insurance Company, legal work pertaining to paper product suitability and damage.

2009-2012. J&L Fiber Services, Quarles & Brady LLP, Expert Witness on Patent Infringement Trial for Papermaking Screens, videotaped deposition. US District Court NY Civil Action No. 07-01191 LEK/DRH.

2010-2011. Menasha, Hunsucker Goodstein & Nelson PC, Technical Consultant on Paper Making and Recycling Operations, Provided technical knowledge on the partitioning of PCBs in fiber-water mixtures, generated report on the Historical Perspective of Saveall Types Used in the Paper Industry.

2014. City of Monroe, Bienvenu, Bonnecase, Foco, Viator & Honigna APLLC, Expert Witness on the subject of the intended use of processing chemicals in a pulp and paper mill. Generated report, provided deposition and testified in court.

2016. KMM Industries, Technical Expert Witness on the classifications of paper collecting, sorting, baling, transportation operations, Israel Federal Court.