So he had every reason to be curious about the new boss. “It shows the continued investment ND Paper is doing in our community,” he said. It did not sit well with Mr. King, the way Old Town’s leaders were handing keys to the city to a Chinese tycoon.

Nine Dragons operates nine mills and 39 paper machines with total annual production capacity of more than 14 million metric tons. Nearly 700 people were impacted by the closure. Located in the northern part of West Virginia, the mill has an annual production capacity of nearly 220,000 metric tons and is one of three pulp mills in the world that produces air-dried recycled pulp, according to ND Paper. ND Paper halted production so that it can upgrade two pieces of machinery known as digesters that it inherited from the mill’s previous owners. It shut its doors for good in 2015. With its acquisition by ND Paper, the mill became — for the first time in decades — a nonunion shop. So far, the investments have focused on factories producing pulp and paper from virgin feedstock, not recycled fiber. 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. Topics covered: recycling, landfills, collections, organics diversion, waste-to-energy, and much more. He added that it would be a positive development for the small city. Verso, who purchased the mill from New Page Corp. in 2015, posted a notice on its website on April 30 that the mill in Luke would close June 30.

The buyer plans to invest $150 million to rededicate the facility to pulp and brown paper packaging production. 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. A news release from the campaign’s organizers says its team “is employing different forms of technology to bring out millions of volunteers in a unified cleanup action spanning over 150 countries” on that day.

She dashed back to see if she could snag a job for her brother. Chinese mills are struggling with shortfalls in recovered fiber feedstock, as well as higher prices for pulp. “I don’t think we will ever be able to say thank you enough,” she said. And the Old Town mill, cast aside by a parade of short-term investors, abandoned to the elements, needed a savior. “You want it to succeed,” she said. You could almost smell the longing in the room: Please, let it work this time. Twitter. 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.