Raw Materials
Recovery of Wastewood Fiber for Papermaking
- Founded on utilization of wastewood, our company pioneered the use of Douglas fir chips in commercial production of kraft containerboard, wood which previously had gone up in smoke in burners as leftovers from lumber production. This marked the beginnings of a new era in paper production on the West Coast.
- Another Longview Fibre first-in-industry was the utilization of sawdust and shavings for making unbleached containerboard and sack paper.
- An early leader in recycling, Longview Fibre's state-of-the-art recycling plant in Longview processes formerly-wasted used corrugated containers into a wide range of recycled-content products to meet customer requirements - varying from a few percent to 100 percent recycled. This plant provides up to one-quarter of our Longview mill's fiber needs.
- Our chunk-recovery system in southwest Washington and northwest Oregon enables recovery of wastewood from timberlands, which are converted into chips to make paper at our Longview mill. This first large-scale regional operation of its type salvages previously wasted and burned logging leftovers including tree tops, butts, and various defective parts cut out of logs.
