&EPA
United States Solid Waste and
Environmental Protection Emergency Response
Agency . (5305)
EPA530-B-95-009
June1995
Mills which Produce
Newsprint Containing at
Least 40 Percent Post-
Consumer Recovered Paper
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Mills Which Produce Newsprint
Containing at Least Forty Percent
Postconsumer Recovered Paper
This list was prepared for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by Jaakko Poyry
Consulting, Tarrytown, NY. The information contained in each listing was obtained from
a variety of publicly available sources which are deemed reliable, and was supplemented
with data provided by individual companies/mills. However, Jaakko Poyry Consulting
does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the enclosed information.
This list-represents the latest available information as of September"29, 1994.
The listings are arranged alphabetically by corporate name and include mills in both the
United' States and Canada. Each listing is comprised of the following:
• Main address
• Name of person to contact for additional information - this contact is not always
located at the main address and in cases where, the company has more than one
mill, a general contact is given
• Description of the mill/company
• List of recycled content brands including brand name, grade, total and
postconsumer recovered paper content
A grade index and list of definitions are also included.
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NEWSPRINT MiLLS USING 40 + % POSTCONSUMER FIBER
Fletcher Challenge
Crofton Pulp & Paper
PO Box 70
Crofton, BC VOR1RO
Contact: Peter Hart
Phone: (604) 654-4000
Fax: (604) 654-404ff
MEMO:
Fletcher Challenge makes virgin and recycled
newsprint and directory papers. Therecycled
newsprint, made at their Crofton and Campbell
River (British Columbia) mills, contains be-
tween 10-40% post-consumer fiber
(37250)
FSC Paper Co.
Newsprint Mill-1 3101 S Pulask!
Alsip, IL 60658
Contact: John McDonough
Phone: (708) 389-8520
Fax: (708) 389-8567
MEMO:
The mill produces recycled newsprint and
groundwood specialties made from 100%
post-consumer fiber.
(42850)
Garden State Paper
950 River Drive
Garfield, NJ 07026
Contact: Richard M. Franklin
Phone:(201)796-0600
Fax:(201)796-8470
MEMO:
u*f, m"'produces 100% recycled newsprint
with 85% post-consumer fiber.
(42870)
Jefferson Smurfrt Corp.
8182 Maryland Avenue
Clayton, MO 63105
Contact: Jim Tisdale
Phone: (503) 650-4211
Fax: (503) 650-4595
MEMO:
, 25 Procfuces 1°0% recycled newsprint
with 40% post-consumer fiber.
(99993)
MacMillan Bloedel, Inc.
925 West Georgia Street
Vancover, BC V6C3L2
Contact: Eoin Matheson
Phone:(604)661-8000
Fax:(604)683-1702
MEMO:
MacMillan Bloedel produces virgin and re-
cycled newsprint, directory and groundwood
specialty papers at twomills in British Colum-
bia (Port AJbemi and Powell River). The re-
cycled newsprint contains 40%
post-consumer fiber.
(99981)
Manistique Papers
435 South Mackinac Avenue
Manistique, Ml 49854
Contact: Joel Zerilli
Phone: (906) 341-4219
Fax: (906) 341-5635
MEMO:
(Owned by Kruger Inc.) Grades produced in-
clude recycled and colored newsprint, and
groundwood printing and converting papers
The recycled newsprint contains 40% post-
consumer fiber. ^
(44250)
North Pacific Paper
PO Box 2069
Longview, WA 98632
Contact: Don Havens
Phone: (206) 636-6400
MEMO:
North Pacific Paper makes recycled newsprint
containing up to 45% postconsumer fiber
(46703)
Quno
Allanburg Road
PO Box 1040
Thoroid, Ont L2V325
Contact: Eric Willemis
Phone: (905) 641-4303
MEMO:
(Formerly Quebec & Ontario Paper) Quno pro-
duces standard and recycled newsprint at
their Bate Comeau (Quebec) and Thoroid (On-
tario) mills. The recycled newsprint contains
55% post-consumer fiber.
(38160)
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NEWSPRINT MILLS USING 40 + % POSTCONSUMER FIBER
Southeast Paper
Shaddock Creek Road
PO Box 1169
Dublin, GA 31040
Contact: John Fletcher
Phone: (912)'272-1600
Fax: (912) 275-630T
MEMO:
7?7e mill produces recycled newsprint that is
100% post-consumer fiber.
(44535)
Stone Container
Newsprint Division
Snowflake, AZ 85937 '
Contact: John L West
Phone: (904) 751-6400
Fax: (904) 840-0463
MEMO:
The mill produces recycled newsprint and
llnerboard. The newsprint contains 40% post-
consumer fiber.
(45851)
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DEFINITIONS
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BASIS WEIGHT
The weight in pounds of a ream (500 sheets) of paper cut to a given standard size for that grade.
BRIGHTNESS
A measure of the degree of reflectivity of a sheet of pulp or paper for blue light measured under specified
standard conditions. Same as whiteness.
FIBER
A thread-like body or filament, many times longer than its diameter. Paper pulps are composed of
cellulose fibers, usually of vegetable origin, such as woods and grasses.
GROUND WOOD PAPER
Any paper that is made from a furnish containing a large percentage of mechanical pulp.
INTEGRATED MILL
A paper mill that manufactures its own pulp.
NEWSPRINT
A grade of paper made especially for use in the printing of newspapers. Newsprint is the most
inexpensive paper available that will withstand printing and contains mostly mechanical (groundwood)
pulp.
MECHANICAL (OR GROUNDWOOD) PULP
Pulp produced by reducing pulpwood logs and chips into their fiber components by the use of mechanical
energy, via grinding stones, refiners, etc.
POST-CONSUMER FIBER
Paper, paperboard, and fibrous wastes from retail stores, office buildings, homes and so forth, after they
have passed through their end-usage as a consumer item.
RECOVERED PAPER
Paper that has been recovered or diverted from the solid waste stream. This does not include those
materials and by-products generated from, and commonly reused within, the original manufacturing
process.
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