Nippon Paper Industries USA, Co.

Location & History

Nippon Paper Industries USA (NPI USA) produces telephone directory paper, shipping to customers in North America and Australia. The mill's pulping systems consist of refined mechanical pulp and recycled paper. Formerly Daishowa America Co., Ltd, the mill was originally built in 1920 at the base of Ediz Hook on the Strait of Juan de Fuca and is located in Port Angeles, Washington. A deinking facility was constructed in 1992 and processes upwards of 80,000 tons of recycled paper each year. It is one of the few deinking facilities in North America that can recycle old telephone directories.

The mill is working toward sustainability. Activities include:

ISO 14001 certification. Established by the International Organization for Standardization, ISO 14001 is recognized as the leading standard for environmental management systems (EMS). Certification indicates that Nippon's EMS complies with ISO 14001 standards and demonstrates the company's commitment to high standards of environmental stewardship and to continuously improving its environmental activities.
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes (PEFC) certifications.
Measuring their progress toward sustainability by participating in Ecology's Industrial Footprint Project

Capacity:

The mill employs 244 employees and produces about 160,000 tons of telephone directory paper a year. Approximately sixty percent of the pulp used is from mechanically refined fiber. The other approximate forty percent is from the deinking pulping system used to recycle residential wastepaper and old telephone books.

Facility Site Number: 18 and 67717215

Location and Mailing address:

1902 Marine Drive
Post Office Box 271
Port Angeles, WA 98362

Industrial Section Permits

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Website

Ecology Contact:

Liem Nguyen