Company Description

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, SP Recycling Corp (SPRC), a wholly owned subsidiary of SP Newsprint Co., was organized in 1977 to collect, process and ship high quality raw materials - recovered fiber and wood chips - to SP Newsprint Co. mills in Dublin, Georgia and Newberg, Oregon as well as to other consuming mills. 

SPRC collects and purchases more than one million tons of old newspapers, 225,000 tons of sawmill residual chips and 130,000 tons of other paper grades each year.  The company is structured into three business units:  Southeast Fiber Supply and Materials Management Group and Southeast Region Plant Operations Group, operating in Atlanta, Georgia and the Pacific Region Fiber Supply and Marketing Group operating in Portland, Oregon. 

The Materials Management Groups purchase sorted, deink quality Old Newspapers from recovered paper dealers, processors, waste haulers, municipalities and publishers. 

The Plant Operations Group is responsible for SPRC plants located in the following states:  Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

Why SPRC?

By being a subsidiary of one of the world's largest consumers of recovered newspapers, SPRC consistently provides a dependable market for its suppliers.  Using the familiar red and green collection bins, many nonprofit groups have found newspaper recycling to be their leading moneymaker.  SPRC has helped every community in which it operates to achieve at least a 50% recycling rate for old newspapers.  SPRC processes curbside sorted recyclables for approximately 1.5 million homes.  Other grades of recovered paper (i.e. old corrugated containers and office paper) are routinely handled at the recycling centers and sold to consuming mills.

In the process of collecting recovered paper, SPRC also handles a range of recyclable materials.  Metals, plastics, glass, and non-newsprint papers, are all removed from the newsprint chain by both mechanical and hand-sorting operations.  These materials are then collected and resold to other recycling firms specializing in the handling of those specific items.  Other materials collected as a part of the waste stream, such as old tires and wood debris are burned to produce on-site steam and electrical power.  This helps reduce energy costs while decreasing the volume of waste going to the landfills.

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