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 .

This list contains information on the following products or supplies:

TISSUE PRODUCTS

A list of definitions is included.


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                                    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.

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 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

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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.

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 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.

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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

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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.

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