Reaching the peak: North America paper and building products companies aim high to close the paper recycling loop.For centuries, the notion that paper was made from trees (or if you go back to ancient Egypt  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. , from papyrus plants) was an indisputable
observation similar to saying the sky was blue.But increasingly during the past few decades, the paper or boxes that we hold in our hands may quite possibly be made without any trees, wood chips or virgin pulp in the mix. Instead, scrap paper scrap paper n → pedazos mpl de papel scrap paper n → papier m brouillon scrap paper scrap n → and box material finding its way back to pulping machines is comprising up to 37 percent of the fiber used in paper products made in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. today. Some of these products are made with 100 percent secondary fiber, while others feature a blend of scrap and virgin materials. Paper and boxboard box·board n. A firm cardboard used for making boxes. manufacturers in North America have taken part in an impressive industry initiative to tap in to the "urban forest" of scrap paper generated at factories, office buildings, schools and curbside curb·side n. 1. The side of a pavement or street that is bordered by a curb. 2. A sidewalk. adj. Located, operating, or occurring at or along the sidewalk or curb: recycling programs. Among the companies closing the recycling loop for scrap paper are diversified forest products companies, corrugated cor·ru·gate v. cor·ru·gat·ed, cor·ru·gat·ing, cor·ru·gates v.tr. To shape into folds or parallel and alternating ridges and grooves. v.intr. packaging makers, tissue and other specialty paper makers and building products companies. As with previous Recycling Today "20 Largest" lists, we received replies from some but not all of the companies we contacted. In some cases, we placed companies on the list based on estimates from industry sources. The list of North America's 20 Largest Scrap Paper Consumers that has been created ranks the companies based on the amount of scrap paper pulped or otherwise consumed at North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. facilities. Following, we present brief profiles of these companies, hopefully revealing in part how they got to be among the biggest (and presumably pre·sum·a·ble adj. That can be presumed or taken for granted; reasonable as a supposition: presumable causes of the disaster. best) in their industries. Listing the largest, most active companies is a way to gain recognition for what a company and its employees have accomplished. It his taken research and hard work by a lot of people to shift entire mills from processes employing forests products to those using scrap paper. 1. SMURFIT-STONE Chicago-based Smurfit-Stone Container Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (NASDAQ: SSCC) is an American paperboard and paper-based packaging company based in Chicago, Illinois. It has approximately 38,600 employees. Smurfit-Stone was formed in 1998 as a result of the merger between Jefferson Smurfit Corp. Corp. (SSCC SSCC Serial Shipping Container Code (EAN barcoding) SSCC Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (religious order) SSCC Space Station Control Center SSCC Sulphide Stress Corrosion Cracking ) has developed, after a number of industry mergers and acquisitions, into what it calls "the industry's leading integrated manufacturer of paperboard paperboard, material similiar in shape and composition to paper, but generally thicker, stronger, and more rigid. Paper machines, e.g., Fourdrinier machines, are used to make sheets of paperboard. and paper-based packaging." The company's roots can be traced to Ireland. In 1974, Ireland-based Jefferson-Smurfit entered the U.S. market by purchasing an existing company here. Additional acquisitions increased its presence both in the packaging and recycling industries. In November of 1998, Jefferson Smurfit merged with Chicago-based Stone Container Corp., a corrugated packaging manufacturer with roots tracing back to the 1920s. The combined firm employs more than 30,000 people worldwide, with many of them involved in either collecting and processing recycled paper or pulping it into a finished product. Smurfit-Stone is a leading producer of containerboard con·tain·er·board n. A corrugated or solid cardboard used to make containers. , including white top linerboard lin·er·board n. A type of paperboard used in making corrugated cartons. ; corrugated containers; multi-wall and specialty bags; and clay-coated recycled boxboard. The company's recycling arm annually processes and sells more than 6.5 million tons of materials, focusing primarily on scrap paper, much of which is consumed by its network of some 250 mills and plants throughout the U.S. 2. WEYERHAEUSER Multi-national forest products company Weyerhaeuser, Federal Way, Wash., may have its roots in timber, but it has embraced paper recycling Paper recycling is the process of recovering waste paper and remaking it into new paper products. There are three categories of paper that can be used as feedstocks for making recycled paper: mill broke, pre-consumer waste, and post-consumer waste. . The forest product company's roots trace back in 1900, with the paper recycling segment of the business beginning in 1974. As noted in the company's 2002 "Citizenship and Environment Report," the company has maintained a steady use of 40 percent recycled fiber in its paper products from 1998 to 2002. In 2002, Weyerhaeuser helped collect more than 6 million tons of scrap paper and used 4.3 million tons at its own mills. The company's scrap paper consumption increased when it bought Willamette Industries earlier this decade. On the collection side, Weyerhaeuser offers a range of services including national account services for multiple-location generators; integrated waste and recycling services for manufacturers and retailers; obsolete paper products recycling; secure document destruction; and on-site baling and compacting. 3. GEORGIA-PACIFIC Atlanta-based Georgia-Pacific produces an impressive variety of building supply and consumer products at mills and facilities throughout the U.S. In 2002, die company consumed some 3.4 million tons of scrap paper in the course of manufacturing some of these products, including paper towels, office paper, wallboard and packaging materials. GP's status as a scrap paper consumer has grown considerably with some of its more recent acquisitions, including the 2000 purchase of the former Fort James Corp., a maker of towels, tissues and disposable drinking cups. In the 1990s, the company's acquisition of Great Northern Nekoosa Corp. and CeCorr greatly increased its presence on the corrugated packaging side of the business. 4. ABITIBI CONSOLIDATED Abitibi-Consolidated, Montreal, is a leading global producer of newsprint newsprint low grade paper used for newspapers. Old newspapers are fed to cattle as an alternative roughage and may occasionally be ingested by dogs. Significant amounts of lead are accumulated in tissues; no cases of poisoning have been recorded in cattle, though it has been and other grades of paper, operating 27 paper mills primarily in Canada and the U.S. In the U.S., the company has a recycling division based in Houston. That division not only procures scrap paper for use at its own mills, but also operates recycling plants in nine U.S. cities that accept various recyclable commodities. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. its Web site, the "North American Paper Retriever retriever: see sporting dog. retriever Any of several dog breeds, bred to retrieve game, that have a thick, water-resistant coat, keen sense of smell, and “soft” mouth that does not damage game. Retrievers are 22–24 in. Program places highly visible bins in participating cities to encourage Community involvement in the paper recovery process, It also features local events and partnerships to further raise environmental awareness." 5. CASCADES GROUP Based in Kingsey Falls, Quebec Kingsey Falls, Quebec is an town in Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada. It is west of Route 116. Sources
Centre-du-Québec (17) Arthabaska | Bécancour | Drummond | L'Érable | Nicolet-Yamaska Cascades estimates that two-thirds of the raw material used by the its various operating sectors is fiber that has been recycled. "Since 1964, we have been developing noted expertise in the area of collecting and reclaiming discarded dis·card v. dis·card·ed, dis·card·ing, dis·cards v.tr. 1. To throw away; reject. 2. a. To throw out (a playing card) from one's hand. b. containers, packaging and printed material," the company states on its Web site. 6. SONOCO Packaging is the key market for Sonoco, Hartsville, S.C. The company has used recycled materials as part of its feedstock feed·stock n. Raw material required for an industrial process. Noun 1. feedstock - the raw material that is required for some industrial process raw material, staple - material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing since the 1920s, according to the company's Web site. Sonoco's packaging operations consume more than 1.5 million tons of scrap paper that goes into a variety of products, including spiral tubes and cones for winding textiles; composite cans for foods, beverages and other products; and a variety of other paper-based packaging. According to a statement on its Web site, "One of Sonoco's goals is to incorporate as much recycled material in our products as possible," such as 100 percent recycled-content paperboard. 7. BOWATER INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic. Antonym: dec. . Known primarily as a newsprint maker, Bowater Inc., Greenville, S.C., operates 12 pulp and paper mills, primarily in the U.S. and Canada. In 2002, the company used more than 1.3 million tons of scrap paper, relying heavily on the ONP ONP Open Network Provision(ing) ONP Olympic National Park ONP Old Newspapers (pulp and paper inustry) ONP One Nation Party ONP Operation Na Pali (gaming) ONP One Night Process (old newspapers) and OMG (1) See Object Management Group. (2) "Oh my God!" See digispeak. OMG - Object Management Group (old magazines) grades. (Most of that amount was consumed in North America, although the company's one mill in South Korea also consumes recycled fiber). The company's Coosa Pines, Ala., newsprint and market fluff pulp mill A pulp mill is a manufacturing facility that converts wood chips or other plant fiber source into a thick fiber board which can be shipped to a paper mill for further processing. is furnished entirely by scrap paper, as is its South Korean mill. 8. TEMPLE-INLAND INC. The Inland Packaging division of Temple-Inland Inc., Austin, Texas, consumes considerable quantities of OCC OCC See: Options Clearing Corporation OCC See Options Clearing Corporation (OCC). in its container-making operations. In a recent environmental report to shareholdrers, the company touted its own legacy as an industry leader when it "developed technology and Built Facilities that were the first to utilize old corrugated boxes to produce medium and linerboard that are comparable in quality and strength with virgin wood-based products." 9. CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIES As with many of the other paper companies on this list, surrounding forests spawned Caraustar Industries, Austell, Ga. Caraustar has been making paperboard and other products since 1938, incorporating initially as Carolina Paper Board Corp. The company has subsequently grown through acquisition and vertical integration. Boxboard remains one of Caraustar's largest markets, along with the facing paper used by gypsum gypsum (jĭp`səm), mineral composed of calcium sulfate (calcium, sulfur, and oxygen) with two molecules of water, CaSO4·2H2O. It is the most common sulfate mineral, occurring in many places in a variety of forms. wallboard manufacturers and tubes, cores and composite containers. 10. NEWARK GROUP The Newark Group--also known as the Newark Supergroup--is an assemblage of Triassic sedimentary rocks which outcrop intermittently along the United States East Coast; the exposures extend from Massachusetts to North Carolina, with more still in Nova Scotia. The Newark Group, Cranford, N.J., consumes tons of OCC, ONP, mixed paper and other grades to produce 100 percent recycled paperboard and other products. The company operates 12 mills and 27 converting units as well as a recycling collection and processing division to help keep those Facilities furnished. The company's roots in recycling run deep, with company staff members receiving a patent in 1893 for a process to convert old newspapers into a paperboard product. 11. SP NEWSPRINT SP Newsprint Co., Atlanta, is yet another newsprint producer that has become a major consumer of ONP and other recycled paper grades. On its Web site, SP Newsprint calls recycling one of its "core values and beliefs." At its mills in Georgia and Oregon, the company consumes more than 1 million tons of primarily the ONP grade of secondary fiber. Much of that fiber is procured through its subsidiary, SP Recycling Corp., which concentrates on the ON P grade, though it also collects and prepares additional materials for shipment to other consumers. The recycled-content newsprint maker is a joint venture of three newspaper publishing groups: Cox Enterprises Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. The company is private, 98% controlled by the octogenarian daughter of Cox, Anne Cox Chambers, and the two children of her late , Knight Ridder
Knight Ridder (IPA: /ˈrɪdɚ/) was an American media company, specializing in newspaper and Internet publishing. and Media General. 12. ROCK-TENN CO. Rock-Tenn Co., Norcross, Ga., is yet another packaging company that has committed itself to recycling as part of its supply chain. Figures supplied by the company show it consumed slightly more than 1 million short tons of scrap paper at its mills in 2002, consuming significant amounts of OCC, mixed office paper, double-lined kraft, boxboard clippings and ONP. Packaging is the primary product made by Rock-Term, including folding cartons The folding carton created the packaging industry as it is known today, beginning in the late 19th century. Basically, a folding carton is made of paperboard, and is cut, folded, laminated and printed for transport to manufacturers. , corrugated boxes and specialized protective interior packaging. 13. INTERNATIONAL PAPER One of America's largest paper makers, International Paper, Stamford, Conn., has operations located throughout the eastern U.S. and Canada. The company makes paper of many different varieties, including commercial printing, office paper, home stationary and packaging ranging from beverage containers to container board. According to Manager of Media Relations Jennifer Board man, seven of the company's mills accept scrap paper as a feedstock, consuming nearly 900,000 tons of the material in 2002. The 105-year-old company has acquired such papermakers as HanlmerMill Paper Co. and Federal Paper Board and now makes more than 200 types of paper. 14. KRUGER Canada's privately-owned Kruger, with headquarters in Montreal, produces several types of paper and paper products. Its most notable brand is probably Scott Tissues, acquired by Kruger in 1997. The company uses a variety of scrap paper grades in the production of its newsprint, coated and super-calendered paper, linerboard, packaging and tissue. The company also produces lumber lumber, term for timber that has been cut into boards for use as a building material. The major steps in producing lumber involve logging (the felling and preparation of timber for shipment to sawmills), sawing the logs into boards, grading the boards according to from its harvested timber. Currently, third-generation family member Joseph Kruger Joseph Kruger founded Kruger Inc. in 1904, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is a Canadian company in the pulp and paper industry, and employs 10,500 people internationally. II is board chairman mad CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the firm. 15. KIMBERLY-CLARK Kimberly-Clark, Dallas, uses scrap paper in the production of several products, including its paper towels and commercial tissue products. The company's consumer brands include Kleenex, Viva, Cottonelle and Huggies. As part of its global environmental policy, the company has also made efforts to find recycling applications for the scrap and waste materials generated at its plants, including the plastic fiber material used in diapers, which is recycled into a fuel cube by Balcones Resources, Farmers Branch, Texas Farmers Branch is a city in Dallas County, Texas (USA). The city is a suburb of Dallas and is part of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. The population was 27,508 at the 2000 census. . 16. U.S. GYPSUM CORP. In addition to being reborn re·born adj. Emotionally or spiritually revived or regenerated. reborn Adjective active again after a period of inactivity Adj. 1. as another paper product, a significant amount of scrap paper is shipped each year to building products makers such as U.S. Gypsum Corp., Chicago. Sheetrock-brand wallboard panels are among U.S. Gypsum's most well-known products, along with ceiling tiles and cement board A cement board is a combination of cement and glass fibers formed into 4 foot by 8 foot sheets, 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick that are typically used as a tile backing board. Cement board can be nailed or screwed to wood or steel studs to create a substrate for vertical tile and attached . Recycled paper is used to make backing papers for Sheetrock, ceiling tiles and other products. 17. PACKAGING CORP. OF AMERICA Packaging Corp. of America (PCA (tool, programming) PCA - A dynamic analyser from DEC giving information on run-time performance and code use. ), formerly known as Tenneco Packaging, seeks out secondary fiber for its container and packaging paper mills. The Lake Forest, Ill., company consumed more than 550,000 tons of secondary fiber at its containerboard mills in 2002. On its Web site, PCA says it "is at the forefront of the industry's recycling efforts," and that for the company, reduce, reuse reuse - Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity. and recycle are not just words, they are at the center of our commitment to a better environment." 18. SOLVAY PAPERBOARD Since its start-up of a Syracuse, N.Y., area paper mill in 1994, Solvay Paperboard has boosted production at the recycled containerboard plant. On its Web site, the company refers to its corrugated mill as the "second largest, single site facility for secondary fiber consumption in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ." The Solvay mill was established by Southern Container Corp., Wilson, N.C., to provide a secure supply source of containerboard. 19. PRATT PRATT Point Refuted A Thousand Times (online debates) INDUSTRIES Formerly known as Visy Recycling, the Pratt Industries mills in Conyers, Ga., and Staten Island Staten Island (1990 pop. 378,977), 59 sq mi (160 sq km), SE N.Y., in New York Bay, SW of Manhattan, forming Richmond co. of New York state and the borough of Staten Island of New York City. , N.Y., consume scrap paper tu make corrugated liners and medium. Pratt's Recycling Division seeks out OCC and other grades to feed the two mills. The company's corrugated products include sheets, flutes and boxes used by packagers of a variety of products, including lighting, electronics, telecommunications, automotive parts, pharmaceuticals, toys and sporting goods Noun 1. sporting goods - sports equipment sold as a commodity commodity, trade good, good - articles of commerce sports equipment - equipment needed to participate in a particular sport , wine and spirits, vegetables, fruit, pizza, poultry and meats. 20. U.S. GREENFIBER A growing consumer of scrap paper is U.S. GreenFiber LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , a maker of insulation products based in Charlotte, N.C. The company is supplied in large part by material recovery Facilities operated by Casella Waste Systems, Rutland, Vt., which is a 50 percent joint venture partner in U.S. GreenFiber, along with building products company Louisiana-Pacific Corp. The paper is used to make Cocoon brand insulation for residential dwellings, which is made from 80 percent scrap paper. 20 LARGEST SCRAP PAPER CONSUMERS IN NORTH AMERICA Company Name, Company CEO No. of Address or President Facilities (1) Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. Patrick J. Moore 250 (3) 150 N.Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60601 Weyerhaeuser Co. Steven R. Regal 34 33663 Weyerhaeuser Way S., Federal Way, WA 98003 Georgia-Pacific Corp. A.D. "Pete" Correll 250 (3) 133 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta, GA 30303 Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. John W. Weaver 20 1155 Metcalfe St., Ste. 800, Montreal, QC H3B 5H2 Cascades Group Lauren Lemaire 25 404 Marie-Victorin Blvd., Kingsey Falls, QC J0A 1B0 Sonoco Harris E. DeLoach Jr. 30 1 N. Second St., Hartsville, SC 29550 Bowater Inc. Arnold M. Nemirow 11 55 E. Camperdown Way, Greenville, SC 29550 Temple Inland Inc. Kenneth M. Jastrow II 6 1300 S. MoPac Expwy., Austin, TX 78746 Caraustar Industries Thomas V. Brown 21 3100 Joe Jerkins Blvd., Austell, GA 30106 Newark Group Fred von Zuben 11 20 Jackson Dr., Cranford, NJ 7016 SP Newsprint Co. Dr. James Burke 2 1895 Phoenix Blvd., Ste. 400, Atlanta, GA 30349 Rock-Tenn Co. James, Rubright 15 504 Thrasher St. NW, Norcross, GA 30071 International Paper John Faraci 7 400 Atlantic St., Stamford, CT 06921 Kruger Inc. Joseph Kruger II 9 3285 Chemin Bedford, Montreal, QC H3S 1G5 Kimberly-Clark Thomas Falk 14 P.O. Box 619100, Dallas, TX 75261 U.S. Gypsum Corp. William C. Foote 10 125 S. Franklin St., Chicago, IL 60606 Packaging Corp. of America Paul T. Stecko 4 1900 W. Field Court, Lake Forest, IL 60045 Solvay Paperboard James B. Porter III 1 53 Industrial Dr., Syracuse, NY 13204 Pratt Industries Richard Pratt 2 1800 C Sarasota Business Pkwy., Conyers, GA 30013 U.S. GreenFiber LLC Dennis Barrineau 9 809 W. Hill St, Ste. A, Charlotte, NC 28208 Company Name, No. of Most commonly Address Employees (2) consumed grades Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. 37,500 OCC, ONP 150 N.Michigan Ave., Chicago, mixed paper IL 60601 Weyerhaeuser Co. 57,000 Office 33663 Weyerhaeuser Way S., grades, Federal Way, WA 98003 mixed papers Georgia-Pacific Corp. 61,000 OCC, mixed 133 Peachtree St. NE, paper Atlanta, GA 30303 Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. 16,000 ONP, OMG 1155 Metcalfe St., Ste. 800, Montreal, QC H3B 5H2 Cascades Group 14,000 OCC, ONP 404 Marie-Victorin Blvd., mixed paper Kingsey Falls, QC J0A 1B0 Sonoco 17,400 OCC, 1 N. Second St., Hartsville, paperboard SC 29550 Bowater Inc. 8,600 ONP, OMG, 55 E. Camperdown Way, catalogs Greenville, SC 29550 Temple Inland Inc. 19,500 OCC 1300 S. MoPac Expwy., Austin, TX 78746 Caraustar Industries 5,800 OCC 3100 Joe Jerkins Blvd., Austell, GA 30106 Newark Group i.n.a. OCC, mixed OCC, DLK, SWL, 20 Jackson Dr., Cranford, NJ paper, ONP office grades 7016 SP Newsprint Co. i.n.a. ONP 1895 Phoenix Blvd., Ste. 400, Atlanta, GA 30349 Rock-Tenn Co. 8,600 OCC, mixed 504 Thrasher St. NW, paper, ONP Norcross, GA 30071 International Paper 91,000 OCC, DLK, 400 Atlantic St., Stamford, SWL, office CT 06921 grades Kruger Inc. 10,500 ONP OMG 3285 Chemin Bedford, Montreal, QC H3S 1G5 Kimberly-Clark 63,000 Pulp subs, P.O. Box 619100, Dallas, TX office grades 75261 U.S. Gypsum Corp. 14,100 ONP, mixed 125 S. Franklin St., Chicago, paper, OCC IL 60606 Packaging Corp. of America 7,900 OCC, rolls 1900 W. Field Court, Lake Forest, IL 60045 Solvay Paperboard i.n.a. OCC, mixed 53 Industrial Dr., Syracuse, paper NY 13204 Pratt Industries 8,000 Mixed paper, 1800 C Sarasota Business ONP, office Pkwy., Conyers, GA 30013 grades U.S. GreenFiber LLC i n a. ONP, mixed 809 W. Hill St, Ste. A, paper, Charlotte, NC 28208 boxboard (1) Facilities that consume scrap paper; (2) Figure for overall global operations; (3) Total includes a variety of facilities, including mills Among the missing? If you work for or know of a company that you suspect should be on this list but was not contacted (or did not respond), please let us know and we will make sure to let our readers know. Editor Brian Taylor Brian Taylor (born April 10, 1962), is a former Australian rules footballer and now AFL commentator. Playing career The moustachioued Taylor, known as "Barge", "Bristle" or "BT", began his VFL career with Richmond in 1980, and had the misfortune of being a full-forward at can be Contacted via e-mail at btaylor@RecyclingToday.com. |
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