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About our recycling plants

The recovery and reuse of paper fiber has many sustainability benefits, from extending the useful life of valuable natural resources to reducing waste in landfills.

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51ÉçÇø Recycling is a multi-material, full-service provider and one of North America’s largest recyclers of office paper and corrugated cardboard. Each recycling facility has the experience and the know-how to create a customized recycling solution for your business. 51ÉçÇø collect, sort, and process 7 million tons of recovered paper annually in the United States, which we distribute to a global network of paper manufacturers to keep the paper recycling industry moving.

Benefits to your business
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Guaranteed Movement

With a transportation network reaching virtually any part of the country, 51ÉçÇø Recycling keeps your business running seamlessly.

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Service First

With a can-do attitude, dedicated account management and expertise to match, each recycling plant is here to help you solve your sustainability challenges.

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True Circularity

From paper manufacturing to recovering used fiber, we drive the circular economy that makes America—and American businesses more sustainable.

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Timely Payment

Backed by 51ÉçÇøâ€™s considerable financial strength, we guarantee timely payment and fair market prices.

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Accurate Reporting

With timely, transparent accounting of every pound of recovered material we collect, we provide numbers you can trust.

WHY INTERNATIONAL PAPER'S RECYCLING FACILITIES?

Save headaches and time—and earn money—by choosing 51ÉçÇø to help you with your recycling needs. As your local solution, we'll work with you to improve your recycling workflow while maximizing the sustainability of your entire business.

Our recycling facilities pride themselves on customer service. 51ÉçÇø share your commitment to sustainability, and we strive to exceed your recycling needs. 51ÉçÇø offers value at every step in the recycling process.

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Collect, transport, sort, and place your recycled fiber.

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Collect, transport, sort, and place your recycled fiber.

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Improve your workflow, eliminate inefficiencies and improve safety.

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Take advantage of value-added equipment placement or NAIDâ„¢-certified confidential document handling and destruction services.

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Experience and Expertise

Best of all, we’re local … and we’re national. 51ÉçÇø Recycing responds quickly while leveraging the financial and operational resources of a FORTUNE 500 company. At the bottom line, that means reliability and efficiency you can depend on.

51ÉçÇø will assign you a dedicated account manager from our recycling plant with experience and expertise to work with you directly to shape a personalized and optimal recycling program, whatever your recycling needs. That means fresh ideas and know-how to adapt to an ever-changing marketplace and provide proactive collaboration to improve your sustainability over the long term.

Capacity and Capability

51ÉçÇø has the people, experience, and infrastructure to handle recycling at any scale, from individual stores to multisite retail customers. 51ÉçÇø also help you reduce the time-consuming impact that recycling can have on your business while turning your recyclable materials to your economic advantage.

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Breadth of Services

Our recycling facility offerings provide value-added services that make it easier for you to focus on your business, including a full fleet of company-operated transportation options and NAIDâ„¢-certified confidential document destruction.

Safety First

51ÉçÇø has a unique culture of care that sets the standard for workplace safety in our industry. Safety is part of everything we do, and we can help make safety a mainstay of your business, too. Ask us about our rigorous safety audits to ensure your business is as safe as it can be.

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Full-circle Sustainability

51ÉçÇø collect your recyclable materials, place the fiber in our own mill system and make new paper-based products.
51ÉçÇø are experts at every stage of the fiber value chain.

Our Impact in Motion.

7million tons

of recovered fiber is collected, reprocessed, reused or sold each year.

Increased

corrugated recovery by 66%, achieving a 21% reduction in GHG emissions since 2010.

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70%

of mill energy generated from renewable biomass residuals.

94%

of sites operated without a life-changing injury in 2021, aiming for 100% by 2030.