And with this, he said, begins a new period, of foreign ownership. China's recycling import ban and tighter contamination standard has sent global recycling into a tailspin, hitting fiber particularly hard. In the short-term, this has led to a run on virgin pulp in China that U.S. recycling executives expect will be unsustainable. A United States-based subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Ltd. has entered into an agreement with Montreal-based Resolute Forest Products Inc. to purchase Resolute’s recycled-content bleached kraft pulp mill in Fairmont, West Virginia. Nine Dragons Paper Industries (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. Xinsha Port Industry Zone, Mayong Town, Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China; 523147 +86-769-88234888 Not only is this transaction consistent with our long-term strategy of environmentally-sustainable papermaking, but also it further supports Nine Dragons’ company-wide fiber sourcing requirements and global growth initiatives.”. It ships most of the pulp produced at its Old Town facility to its paper mills in China. Maryland environmental regulators were in talks with a Western Maryland paper mill about how to significantly reduce the facility’s output of a … “It’s something we hadn’t seen in this country in 100 years, but we’re seeing it now,” he said. The mill is still ramping up, producing about 200 tons a day, Mr. Kerschner said. In the Midwest region (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio and Wisconsin), meanwhile, the average tip fee in April 2018 was actually $3.38 lower compared to one year earlier. Sustainably hosted on wind powered servers by The Mobius Network. The largest hauler in North America processed a record amount of recyclables in 2019, and it invested more than $100 million to improve its recycling infrastructure, according to its latest sustainability report. ND Paper worked in cooperation with New York-based Sonenshine Partners LLC as its financial advisor and Cleveland-based Jones Day as its legal counsel to structure the acquisition. Andrew Edwards, a mill superintendent from the nearby town of Lincoln, led them to a room where he had stockpiled the things they had requested for the ceremony: oranges, limes, apples and seven shovels, one for each monk. According to a news release issued by the office of Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin, Global Win Wickliffe plans to invest about $150 million to upgrade the mill, following up on its $16 million acquisition of the facility from Verso. He stepped back and watched as the monks wandered from the boiler houses to the limekiln to the pulp mill, chanting, burning candles and gently tapping a gong. The plant, which JSW calls India’s largest, currently has output capacity of 12 million metric tons per year.

She was followed by a retinue of family members, many of whom work for her.

ND Paper says it expects to close on the acquisition by the end of October, “subject to customary closing conditions and approvals,” and that it has agreed to offer employment to the Resolute mill’s workers, “effective upon closing of the acquisition.”. The city could become one of the nation's largest to lose curbside recycling service following failed negotiations with Pratt Industries and Republic Services. “The portfolio of Fairmont pulp grades aligns exceptionally well with our long-term strategy of environmentally-sustainable papermaking.”.

“They were in their, I don’t know what they’re called, their Tibetan outfit,” he said.

For example, it might be possible to develop automated machines installed in public places, that would accept plastic from the general population in exchange for money. JSW also has been investing in United States steelmaking, in that case in the electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking sector. At one point, she gave her co-workers instructions for some eventual day, to scatter her ashes from the roof of the recovery boiler. The Nine Dragons press release indicates this acquisition will allow the company to diversify its manufacturing base and "gain access to high quality virgin fiber, resulting in increased access to a more secure and cost-effective channel for raw material supply.". In late August, China-based investment group Global Win Wickliffe LLC acquired an idled Verso Paper mill in Ballard County, Kentucky, with plans to reopen the facility by the end of 2018 after investing in equipment and technology at the facility. In search of more fiber raw materials, Chinese paper mill buyers are setting off a global buying spree. The Luke Mill encompasses and has two paper machines, two on-machine coaters, four supercalenders, five winders, three sheeters and a carton line. Duane Lugdon was not part of the celebration, either. This country is being recolonized by Asia,” said Katie Bosse, 77. It sponsored Little League teams, underwrote the Memorial Day and Riverfest parades, bought canoes from the town’s other large employer, Old Town Canoe, to give out as raffle prizes. Then there could be a global ‘repair law’ dictating that all products – at least electrical appliances – should be easily repaired and spare parts must be easy to obtain.”, Nõlvak points out as another problem the “wide range of plastics produced, that makes collecting and recycling both difficult and expensive.

This year, Nine Dragons Paper acquired pulp and paper mills in Maine and Wisconsin. World Cleanup Day Presentation Specialist Luke Davis says organizers are attempting to build “new standards for civic cooperation around the globe, using technology to cooperate, engage and put into action unified strategies when dealing with complex challenges.”, Eva Truuverk, a member of the World Cleanup Day management board, comments, “Technology is used in every step of organizing World Cleanup Day—mapping the waste, synchronizing and communicating across continents, sharing the news and developments and figuring out lasting solutions for local communities.”. She made it a point to count the stacks, just to see where the steam was coming from, ticking them off one by one. A mill shutdown “leaves an awful hole in you that doesn’t go away for quite some time,” said Michelle Fisher, a logistics supervisor, who had lived through six. It bothered Mr. Lugdon that the mill would now be loading much of its pulp — virgin pulp, produced from trees — onto cargo ships headed for China, to be fabricated among Nine Dragons’ eight mills there. Inside the warehouse, the company had erected a white tent, fitted with decorative light fixtures and humming air-conditioners. LePage applauds news that Rumford paper mill is set to be sold to Chinese company, Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau, Shreveport, Louisiana contract impasse and MRF closure pauses multiple recycling programs, Disposing 'forever' toxins: How the waste and recycling industry is tackling the PFAS chemicals crisis, Baltimore grants Wheelabrator 10-year contract extension, with emissions requirements, to settle suit, Waste industry donates $4.6M during 2020 campaign cycle; vast majority goes to Republicans, How the 2020 election could impact the waste and recycling industry, MassRecycle: Municipalities pursue private sector solutions while awaiting new state policies, Waste Management completes $4.6B acquisition of Advanced Disposal, following regulatory approval, Mitigating the Risk of Untracked Assets with Holistic Telematics, How MRFs Can Thrive by Adapting to Constant Change, Covering COVID-19's evolving impact on the waste and recycling sector, Fabri-Kal Debuts Recycleware™, A Sustainable Product Solution, County Waste sues Twin Bridges, says rival trash hauler lying to lure away customers, Measure To Create New Sanitation And Streets Department Passes, Voters in metro decide on trash collection, council and mayoral races, BLS data shows higher injury, illness rate for landfill workers in 2019, Waste Management Q3: Executives optimistic about pandemic recovery, Advanced synergy savings, Diversity efforts taking shape at waste industry's big companies, but serious work remains.