This mill uses new technology to convert a wide range of mixed office papers into deinked pulp for making printing and writing papers and tissue products. It recovers 160,000 tons of recovered office papers per year, nearly half of which come from sources in Oregon and Washington. The James River office paper plant in Camas, Washington, and the Boise Cascade envelope and office paper plant in Vancouver, Washington also are using increasing quantities of high-grade papers. President Clinton's 1993 Executive Order mandated increased use of recycled-content printing and writing papers by federal agencies, thus stimulating additional demand for recovered office paper. Recycling Infrastructure Most HGP is collected source-separated from large and small offices, with the majority coming from large offices.
Some offices sell source-separated material to buy back centers.
Collection directly from offices is done by private services that vary in size. This makes recycling more convenient for small businesses that lack the space and waste paper volumes needed for more sophisticated office paper recycling schemes. Most recovered HGP is used as feedstock to manufacture printing and writing papers and tissue products. Other secondary markets for this material, include liner board, core stock, and protective packaging. The process for manufacturing different types of paper is essentially the same.