Twin Rivers Reports Environmental Improvements

Twin Rivers Paper Co., South Portland, Maine, USA, a producer of lightweight specialty packaging, label, and publishing papers, this week announced that it has made significant environmental improvements in recent years. Since 2006, the company has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 76% and now derives 83% of its energy from carbon-neutral sources.

Twin Rivers has beneficially reused 93% of its solid process by turning this waste stream into compost, fuel, land applications, and value-added raw materials. The company also has reduced its electrical consumption each year through the installation of variable-speed motors. It installed a system that replaces fresh water with processed water, saving nearly a million gallons of water every day, approximately equivalent to one and a half Olympic size swimming pools. By the end of 2013, the company will complete an initiative to reduce up to 85% of the odor from its Edmundston, N.B., Canada, operations.

"We are tackling environmental projects that minimize our environmental footprint," says Roland Leger, manager of the Edmundston pulp mill. "We are firmly committed to completing the odor-reduction project by the end of 2013."

Twin Rivers notes that environmental responsibility plays a large role in shaping its operations, products, and processes. Its portfolio of sustainable papers is built around fiber certification and recycled content and the company continues to find creative ways for reducing its environmental footprint.

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