Maryland mill will recycle wastepaper, reclaim water
- Zimpro Environmental Inc., Rothschild, WI (United States)
A $200 million paper mill being built in Hagerstown, Md., is expected to produce 150,000 bone-dry short tons per year of de-inked, market-grade pulp for writing and printing paper. The 1st Urban Fibers facility, the largest capital project in Hagerstown's history, is slated for completion in the spring. Landegger Recycled Fiber Corp. will operate and maintain the 200,000-square-foot recycling mill and 60,000-square-foot water reclamation plant. The wastepaper recycling mill plans to minimize waste and pollution by: reclaiming 635 tons per day of 100 percent post-consumer mixed office waste from the solid waste stream; saving more than 16 million cubic feet of landfill area per year; conserving the fiber equivalent of 6,700 trees per day; using no chlorine; saving about 2,000 gallons of water and 4,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per ton of throughput, compared to virgin fiber mills; reusing treated wastewater, reducing effluent discharge by 65 percent; and discharging effluent that will have zero impact on the receiving stream.
- OSTI ID:
- 6660327
- Journal Information:
- Environmental Solutions; (United States), Vol. 8:2; ISSN 1077-2537
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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