The International Paper Twin Cities Recycling Plant in Roseville helps make Minnesota’s record-pace recycling possible.
International Paper staff receive, sort, and bale tons of used boxboard, paper, and other materials from businesses.
“The facility’s main focus is to create 2,000-pound bales of brown recycled fiber, handling approximately 7,000 tons a month,” said General Manager John Saladis.
Most of those bales are shipped via rail to the company’s Cedar Rapids, Iowa, facility, where they are recycled back into shipping material. The Iowa plant is one of the most efficient in the country, recycling more than one million tons of containerboard a year that otherwise would go into a landfill.
The Roseville plant is a 200,000 square foot facility with roughly 20 employees and four commercial truck drivers operating two shifts daily.
“IP is an end-to-end closed loop sustainability partner.” he said. “Being part of the circular nature of our activities to intercept paper before it heads to a landfill is gratifying. For us, recycling is a culture, not a commodity.”
Community Partner
The Roseville facility offers numerous options for customers to best handle their recycling streams. Whether through 96-gallon rolling bins with lids and rolling carts or compactors and balers, Saladis wants to ensure recycling is routine.
“Businesses should focus their time, energy and money on other priorities,” he said. “Recycling materials these businesses need every day makes sense, but so does an attitude of businesses and employees doing what is right for the community. We want to be part of that narrative.”
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