vvEPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Solid Waste
and Emergency Response
(5305W)
EPA530-B-98-Q12
October 1998
www.epa.gov/cpg
Mills That Produce
Tissue Products Containing
Recovered Paper
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MILLS THAT PRODUCE TISSUE PRODUCTS CONTAINING RECOVERED PAPER
This list of manufacturers and suppliers of tissue containing postconsumer recovered fiber was prepared
to facilitate implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Comprehensive
Procurement Guideline (CPG) and to assist customers interested in purchasing and using products
containing recovered materials. Some manufacturers provided the names and locations of regional or
local suppliers.
Each listing is based on information provided by the manufacturer. Product information was not verified,
and no guarantee, expressed or implied, is made as to the accuracy or completeness of the information
provided. Inclusion in this listing does not represent an endorsement by EPA.
For information on or copies of the CPG, contact EPA's RCRA Hotline at 800 424-9346 or access EPA's
CPG Webs site at -------
TISSUE PRODUCTS
Atlantic Earth Works
21 Winters Lane
CatonsviUe, MD 21228
Contact: Beth Yensan
Phone: 410 747-7314 or 800 323-2811
Fax: 410 747-8778
Burrows Paper Corporation
501 West Main Street
P.O. Box 987
Little Falls, NY 13365
Contact: Sales Department
Phone: 315 823-2300
Fax: 315 823-2417
Atlantic Packaging Products, Ltd.
Ill Progress Avenue
Scarborough, ON M1P 2Y9
Canada
Contact: Sheila Patterson
Phone: 416 297-2240
Fax: 416 297-2218
Produces recycled tissue products with up to
100 percent postconsumer recycled content
depending on customer specifications only.
These products include specialty products such
as patterned tissue, crepe, napkin, and other
items.
Produces 100 percent recycled content bathroom
tissue and paper towels. Of this, approximately
80 percent is postconsumer fiber.
Bay West Paper Corporation
Subsidiary of Mosinee Paper Corporation
1150 Industry Road
Harrodsburg, KY 40330
Contact: Sales Department
Phone:800723-0008
Fax: 606 734-8200
Produces 40 to 100 percent postconsumer
recycled content toweling and sanitary tissue
products.
Bio-Tech Mills
P.O. Box 209
Greenwich, NY 12834
Contact: John Ferris
Phone: 518 692-7957
Fax: 518 692-7095
Cascades, Inc.
P.O. Box 210
Kingsey Falls, PQ JOA 1BO
Canada
Contact: Claire Rodrigue
Phone:819363-5600
Fax: 819 363-5655
Produces 100 percent recycled content bathroom
tissue rolls. Of that, 40 percent is postconsumer
fiber content
CityForest
1215 East Worden Avenue
Ladysmith,WI 54848
Contact: Ms. Reggie Goodhall
Phone: 715 532-5541
Fax: 715 532-5542
Produces recycled content bathroom tissue and
napkin products that have approximately 20 to
25 percent postconsumer fiber, depending on
customer preference.
Produces 100 percent postconsumer content
bathroom tissue.
------- Competition Unlimited 87 Garden Street Westbury, NY 11590 Contact: Oke Mgbeokwere Phone: 516 997-6483 Fax: 516 997-6485 Produces bathroom tissue and rolls, napkins, paper towels, and wrapping tissue containing 100 percent postconsumer materials. Erving Paper Mills 97 East Main Street Erving, MA 01344 Contact: Ralph Cutter Phone:978544-2711 Fax: 978 544-2102 Produces recycled content tissue and towel products with approximately 30 percent postconsumer content. Earth Care 555 Leslie Street Ukiah, CA 95482 Contact: Robert Klayman Phone: 707 468-9292 or 800 347-0070 Fax: 707 468-9394 Encore Paper Company One River Street South Glens Falls, NY 12803 Contact Customer Service Phone: 518 793-5684 Fax: 518 793-2650 Produces a variety of recycled content tissue and toweling products, including bathroom tissue, dispenser napkins, roll towels, and dispenser towels, of varying postconsumer fiber contents between 20 to 25 percent. Energy and Environmental Concepts, Inc. 325 South Spruce Street Traverse City, MI 49684 Contact: Steven Kopacki Phone: 616 947-4632 or 800 968-9998 Fax: 616 947-5635 Flower City Tissue Mills Company 700 Driving Park Avenue P.O. Box 13497 Rochester, NY 14613 Contact: Jeff Saeger Phone: 716 458-9200 Fax:716458-3812 Manufactures recycled lightweight tissue paper with a recycled content of up to 80 percent. Of that, about 25 percent is postconsumer fiber. Fort James Corporation 120 Tredegar Street P.O. Box 2218 Richmond, VA 23218 Contact: Gus Moody Phone:804644-5411 Fax: 804 649-4428 Fort James Corporation manufactures tissue and towel products with a recycled content of up to 100 percent. Of that, about 10 to 30 percent is postconsumer fiber. Full Circle Paper Outlet, Inc. 3437 Hillsborough Road Durham, NC 27705 Contact: Jill Fulmer Phone:919309-0811 Fax:919309-9314 ------- GreenCo Products, Inc. 72 Cotton Mill Hill, Unit A-350 Brattleboro, VT 05301 Contact: John Greenberg Phone: 802 254-7605 or 800 326-2897 GreenLine Paper Company 631 South Pine Street York, PA 17403 Contact: Stephen E. Baker Phone: 717 845-8697 or 800 641-1117 Fax:717846-3806 Laurel Hill Paper 126 First Street P.O. Box 159 Cordova, NC 28330 Contact: Ken Hogan Phone: 910 997-4526 Fax: 910 895-0734 Produces 100 percent recycled content bathroom tissue. Of this, 20 to 40 percent is postconsumer fiber. Marcal Paper Mills One Market Street Elmwood Park, NJ 07407 Contact: Customer Service Phone: 201 796-4000 Fax: 201 796-0470 Produces 100 recycled content bath tissue, facial tissue, and paper towels. Of that, 60 percent of the bath tissue, 80 percent of the facial tissue, and 60 percent of the paper towel is postconsumer fiber. McGoldrick Tissue Mills (Formerly G.E. Robertson and Company) Canal Street P.O. Box 25 Hinsdale, NH 03451 Contact: Bob McGoldrick or Jay McGoldrick Phone: 603 336-5981 Fax: 603 336-5079 Produces tissue and bathroom tissue with 100 percent postconsumer recycled content. Norel Paper 223 Gates Road Little Ferry, NJ 07643 Contact: Gary S. Cohen Phone: 201 440-4400 Fax: 201 440-9292 Orchids Paper Products Company Route 3, Box 69-8 Pryor, OK 74361 Contact: Margie King Phone: 918 825-0616 Fax: 918 825-9273 Produces bathroom tissue, napkins, facial tissue, and paper towels with 100 percent postconsumer fiber content. Paper Service, Ltd. P.O. Box 45 Hinsdale, NH 03451 Contact: Sales Department Phone: 603 336-5311 or 603 239-6344 Fax: 603 239-8861 Produces tissue paper with 100 percent postconsumer fiber content. ------- Paulsen and Roles Laboratories P.O. Box 12107 Portland, OR 97212 Contact: Dalla Alexander Phone: 503 282-3289 Fax: 503 280-1722 Peacetree Environmentally Sound Paper and Printing 539 Southeast Avenue, Suite 142 Portland, OR 97214 Contact: Cheryl Welch Phone: 360 247-6936 Fax: 360 247-6937 Perkins Papers, Ltd. 2345 Autoroute des Laurentides Laval, PQH7S1Z7 Canada Contact: Suzanne Blanchet Phone:514688-1152 Fax: 514 682-5533 Procter and Gamble Paper Products Company P.O. Box 599 Cincinnati, OH 45201 Contact: Mike Powers Phone: 513 983-2718 Fax: 513 983-8998 Makes virgin and recycled tissue products at five U.S. mills. None of their mills are integrated to deinked pulp. Putney Paper Company Old Depot Road P.O. Box 226 Putney, VT 05346 Contact: Toni Collins Phone: 802 387-557-1 Fax: 802 387-5297 Produces recycled content tissue and specialty papers with 100 percent recycled content. Of this, 40 percent is postconsumer fiber. Plainwell Tissue 1200 Forest Street Eau Claire, WI54703 Contact: Mike Armstrong Phone: 715 834-3461, Ext. 344 Fax:715833-3140 Produces 100 percent recycled content bathroom tissue, facial tissue, napkins, and paper towels at their Eau Claire mill. Of this, 30 percent is postconsumer fiber. Quiet Earth Distributing Company 2105 Hillside Terrace Gary, IL 60013 Contact: Ed Block Phone: 800 688-8868 Fax: 800 688-8868 Richter Manufacturing (dba Sierra Tissue) 560 East Commercial Street Pomona, CA 91767-5693 Contact: David Wayland Phone: 909 623-8101 Fax: 909 622-1992 Produces tissue and jumbo rolls of 100 percent recycled content. Of this, 20 percent is postconsumer fiber. ------- RSI Consulting Service 22425 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 23 Woodland Hills, CA 91364 Contact: Susan Compton Phone: 818 865-0620 Fax: 800 528-3312 Seventh Generation One Mill Street Box A26 Burlington, VT 05401 Contact: Sales Department Phone: 802 658-3773 Fax: 802 658-1771 Produces 100 percent unbleached bathroom and facial tissue. They also produce 100 percent recycled paper towels. Of this, 70 to 100 percent is postconsumer fiber. Superior Quality Products P.O. Box 2023 Scotia, NY 12302 Contact: Larry Myers Phone: 800 724-1129 or 518 374-0770 Fax: 518 374-8542 Converter of tissue products. Specifically, they convert 100 percent recycled bathroom tissue, facial tissue, and napkins. All have a minimum of 30 percent postconsumer fiber content. Vermont Tissue Paper Corporation Route 67A North Bennington, VT 05257 Contact: Edward Woodard Phone: 802 447-7558 Fax:802447-8673 Converter of specialty tissue papers. Wisconsin Tissue Mills (Subsidiary of Chesapeake Corporation) P.O. Box 489 Menasha, WI54952 Contact: Customer Service Phone: 800 451-3595 or 920 725-7031 Fax: 920 720-4573 Manufactures napkins, bathroom tissue, roll paper toweling, and facial tissue, all 100 percent unbleached and all containing 100 percent postconsumer fiber. Their Second Nature line is 100 percent recycled with a minimum of 70 percent postconsumer fiber. Their Park Avenue line is 100 percent recycled with a minimum of 40 percent postconsumer fiber, except for the napkins that are a minimum of 10 percent postconsumer fiber. The Park Avenue Plus line is 100 percent recycled with more than 30 percent postconsumer fiber, except for the napkins that are at least 10 percent postconsumer fiber. TREECYCLE Recycled Paper P.O. Box 5086 Bozeman, MT 59717 Contact: Rick Meis Phone: 406586-5287 Uarco, Inc. 700 West Main Street Barrington, IL60010 Contact: Customer Service Phone: 847 381-7000 Fax: 847 381-7652 ------- DEFINITIONS TISSUE PAPER Category of papers characterized by extreme lightness and transparency. Used to manufacture a broad range of products including napkins, bathroom and facial tissue, sanitary products, wrapping material, protective packing paper, stock for waxing and twisting, etc. TOWELLING PAPER A class of highly absorbent paper with fairly good strength properties. It is made especially for industrial, domestic, and institutional wiping purposes. ------- |