Now that you've recycled all your paper, what about recycling what the paper came on? You know, the tubes and cores. Sure they make great megaphones, but eventually they have to work their way back into the recycling loop.
Thanks to the Composite Can and Tube Institute (CCTI), you don't have to spend a lot of time figuring out the "do's and don'ts" of recycling these odd-shaped paper products. The CCTI has responded to the demand for recovery of used tubes and cores by supplying CCTI members and their customers with greater knowledge and access to industry and independent recovery centers.
Keys to tube and
core recycling
Recovery Centers
Contacting the proper facility
When there are recovery facilities
in a geographic area, it usually makes sense to speak with more than one
facility. One recovery facility may be better suited to serve a particular
recovery and recycling situation than others in the same region.
Preparing the tubes and cores for recycling
Each recovery facility
will have some specific "do's and don'ts" about processing and packaging used
tubes and cores for recycling. Discuss these issues fully with facility
management in order to determine the best way to recover and recycle a
particular type of tube or core. Minimal requirements usually include the
removal of all packaging materials and customer product from the tube or core.
Recycling facility limitations
Recovery facilities serve specific
mill locations, and the end-use recycling mill to which the recovered product
will ship serves a particular paper or paperboard market segment. Customer and
market demands on the mill or recovery facility will largely determine
limitations on raw materials such as tubes and cores. Such limitations may
include volume, objectionable contaminants, outthrows, etc.
Value of tubes and cores to the recycling facility
The paper
industry generally considers tube and core waste to be "Mixed Paper" as defined
by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc.: "Consists of a mixture of
various qualities of paper not limited as to type of packing or fiber content.
Prohibitive materials may not exceed 2%. Total outthrows may not exceed 10%."
The value of mixed paper is determined regionally, and prices are regularly
quoted in paper-industry publications such as Official Board Markets and
others.
Recovery charge
Typically, there is a charge for recovery. Since
prices for mixed paper quoted in industry publications do not include
transportation costs to the mill or recovery facility, all processing costs at
the recovery facility and all freight considerations must be deducted in order
to determine the cost of recovery. Very often the costs more than offset the
end-use price of mixed paper in a particular market and, consequently, there is
a charge for disposal. The economics of tube and core recovery is a local or
regional issue. The value of recovered tubes and cores to the disposer,
therefore, can only be determined through discussions with recovery facility
representatives in your area.
For additional information, please contact:
Composite Can and Tube Institute
1630 Duke
Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Telephone: (703) 549-2233
Fax: (703) 549-4912
Alabama
Carustar Industries/Star Paper Tube
1511 Shiloh Street
Linden, AL 36748
Telephone: (205) 295-4207
Recycled Fibers of Alabama
(The Newark Group)
1750 9th Street
Bldg. 44, Brookley Complex
Mobile, AL 36615
Telephone: (205) 432-1000
Jefferson Smurfit Co.
300 Jackson Street
York, AL 36925
Telephone: (205) 392-4115
Arkansas
Paper Stock Dealers, Inc.
(Sonoco
Products Co.)
810 West Eighth Street
North Little Rock, AR 72114
Telephone: (501) 376-4213
California
Smurfit Recycling Co.
2710 "O"
Street
Bakersfield, CA 93301
Telephone: (805) 327-3841
Smurfit Recycling Co.
500 South Flower Street
Burbank, CA 91502
Telephone: (818) 841-9700
Western Pacific Pulp & Paper
9350 Hall Road
Downey, CA 90241
Telephone: (310) 803-4401
Smurfit Recycling Co.
24 South Thorne Street
Fresno, CA 93706
Telephone: (209) 441-1166
Smurfit Recycling Co.
3033 East Washington Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
90023
Telephone: (213) 263-2103
Recycled Fibers of California
(The Newark Group)
6565 Smith Street
Newark, CA 94560
Telephone: (415) 795-7228
Smurfit Recycling Co.
3300 Wood Street
Oakland, CA
94608
Telephone: (415) 428-9499
The Sutta Company
3333 Wood Street
Oakland, CA 94607
Telephone:
(510) 652-8588
Smurfit Recycling Co.
325 North Seventh Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Telephone: (916) 441-0150
Smurfit Recycling Co.
4800 Florin-Perkins Road
Sacramento, CA 95826
Telephone: (916) 381-3340
Recycled Fibers of California
(The Newark Group)
165 East Mill Street
San Bernardino, CA 92408
Telephone: (714) 888-2201
Smurfit Recycling Co.
7844 Armour Street
San Diego, CA 92111
Telephone: (619) 268-3533
Smurfit Recycling Co.
201 Bassett Street
San Jose, CA 95110
Telephone: (408) 292-6552
Smurfit Recycling Co.
20502 South Denker Street
Torrance, CA 90501
Telephone: (213) 533-0333
Recycled Fibers of California
(The Newark Group)
388 East Elma Avenue
San Jose, CA 95112
Telephone: (408) 297-1020
Smurfit Recycling Co.
2540 South Main Street
Santa Anna, CA
92707
Telephone: (714) 641-8891
Recycled Fibers of California
(The Newark Group)
16500 West
Betteravia Road
Santa Maria, CA 93454
Telephone: (805) 928-2066
Florida
Smurfit Recycling Company
3021 S.W.
First Terrace
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33315
Telephone: (305) 522-3684
Smurfit Recycling Company
2998 South Street
Ft. Myers, FL 33315
Telephone: (813) 332-1250
Jefferson Smurfit Co.
300 Alton Box Road West
Jacksonville, FL
32226-6328
Telephone: (904) 757-1192
Smurfit Recycling Company
15890 West Beaver Street
Jacksonville, FL
32209
Telephone: (904) 356-7122
Paper Stock Dealers, Inc.
(Sonoco Products Co.)
1417 Atlanta Avenue
Orlando, FL 32806
Telephone: (407) 841-9244
Carustar Industries/Star Paper Tube
P.O. Box 222
Palatka, FL
32178-0222
Telephone: (904) 328-8335
Paper Stock Dealers, Inc.
(Sonoco Products Co.)
22nd Avenue North
St. Petersburg, FL 33713
Telephone: (813) 894-4639
Smurfit Recycling Company
5111 North Twenty Sixth Street
Tampa, FL
33610
Telephone: (813) 238-6433
Georgia
Encore Recycling
(Sonoco Products Co.)
777-B Wharton Drive
Atlanta, GA 30336
Telephone: (803) 383-7709
Paper Stock Dealers, Inc.
(Sonoco Products Co.)
94 Milton Avenue, SE
Atlanta, GA 30315
Telephone: (404) 622-7791
Recycall Corp.
922 Memorial Drive
Atlanta, GA 30316
ph (404)
688-6824
Recycled Fibers of Georgia
(The Newark Group)
797 Wylie Street
Atlanta, GA 30316
Telephone: (404) 525-2021
Sonoco Products Company
2490 Marietta Road, NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
Telephone: (404) 792-4309
Paper Stock Dealers, Inc.
(Sonoco Products Co.)
1525 Government Road
Augusta, GA 30904
Telephone: (706) 733-7757
Smurfit Recycling Company
1311 Walker Street
Augusta, GA 30904
Telephone: (404) 722-9603
Carustar Industries
P.O. Box 8
Austell, GA 30001
Telephone: (404)
948-3100
Columbus Recycling, Inc.
(Caraustar Industries)
765 Lindsey Drive
Columbus, GA 31908
Telephone: (706) 323-6306
Paper Recyclying, Inc.
(Caraustar Industries)
4069 Winters Chapel
Road
Doraville, GA 30360
Telephone: (404) 451-1334
Macon Recycling, Inc.
(Caraustar Industries)
330 Ash Street
Macon, GA 31202
Telephone: (912) 742-8759
Illinois
Caraustar Industries/Star Paper Tube
900 North Ogden Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
Telephone: (312) 997-3131
Recycling Services, Inc.
3301 North 48th Place
Chicago, IL 60632
Telephone: (312) 247-2070
West Chicago Reclamation
(Sonoco Products Co.)
825-829 Hawthorne
Lane
West Chicago, IL 50185
Telephone: (708) 231-0447
Indiana
Smurfit Recycling Company
1520 North
Fifth Avenue
Evansville, IN 47710
ph (812) 425-6279
Kansas
Smurfit Recycling Company
510 Division
Street
Kansas City, KS 66103
Telephone: (919) 236-8000
Kentucky
Crescent Paper Tube
7325 Industrial
Road
Florence, KY 41042
Telephone: (606) 371-0250
Crescent Paper Tube
U.S. Route 60
Lewisport, KY 42351
Telephone:
(502) 295-3404
Smurfit Recycling Company
750 South Eleventh Street
Louisville, KY
40210
Telephone: (502) 583-1729
Louisiana
Jefferson Smurfit Co.
DeQuincy
Industrial Park
P.O. Box 807
DeQuincy, LA 70633
Telephone: (318)
786-7985
Jefferson Smurfit Co.
Highway 137 North
Rayville, LA 71269
Telephone: (318) 728-4133
Recycled Fibers of Louisiana
(The Newark Group)
2420 Bell Street
Shreveport, LA 71103
Telephone: (318) 227-1088
Massachusetts
North Shore Recycled Fibers
(The
Newark Group)
200 Libbey Industrial Parkway
East Weymouth, MA 02189
Telephone: (617) 337-9800
Sonoco Products Co.
2 Sargent Street
Holyoke, MA 01040-5908
Telephone: (413) 536-4546
Mercer Paper Tube
91 Glenn Street
Lawrence, MA 01843
Telephone:
(508) 687-0303
North Shore Recycled Fibers
(The Newark Group)
53 Jefferson Avenue
Salem, MA 01970
Telephone: (517) 289-9400
North Shore Recycled Fibers
(The Newark Group)
22 Cudworth Road
Webster, MA 01570
Telephone: (508) 943-0727
Mississippi
Saginaw Processing & Supply
2429 East Holland Avenue
Saginaw, MI 60632
Telephone: (517) 753-6435
Missouri
Smurfit Recycling Company
1009 East 24
Highway
Independence, MO 64501
Telephone: (816) 254-3366
Smurfit Recycling Company
3514 Big Bend Boulevard
Maplewood, MO 63143
Telephone: (314) 645-6429
North Carolina
Carolina Recycling Industries
(Caraustar Industries)
2426 Chamberlain Avenue
Charlotte, NC
28208
Telephone: (704) 333-5488
Paper Stock Dealers, Inc.
(Sonoco Products Co.)
3901 Barringer Drive
Charlotte, NC 28217
Telephone: (704) 525-8728
Paper Stock Dealers, Inc.
(Sonoco Products Co.)
4619 Industry Lane,
Lot 2
UDI Park
Durham, NC 27713
Telephone: (919) 544-0377
Paper Stock Dealers, Inc.
(Sonoco Products Co.)
914 North Street
Fayetteville, NC 28301
Telephone: (919) 483-3153
Paper Stock Dealers, Inc.
(Sonoco Products Co.)
1003 East Lincoln
Avenue
Gastonia, NC 28054
Telephone: (704) 864-7161
Paper Stock Dealers, Inc.
(Sonoco Products Co.)
3004 Holta Chapel
Road
Greensboro, NC 27401
Telephone: (919) 274-0186
Paper Stock Dealers, Inc.
(Sonoco Products Co.)
Tenth Street Place
Hickory, NC 28603
Telephone: (704) 327-5701
Jefferson Smurfit Co.
Industrial Park Road
P.O. Box 610
Mountain
Home, NC 28758-0610
Telephone: (704) 692-7281
Paper Stock Dealers, Inc.
(Sonoco Products Co.)
666 Maywood Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27603
Telephone: (919) 833-9783
Paper Stock Dealers, Inc.
(Sonoco Products Co.)
300 East Henderson
Street
Salisbury, NC 28144
Telephone: (704) 633-5891
Paper Stock Dealers, Inc.
(Sonoco Products Co.)
223 West Grover
Street
Shelby, NC 28150
Telephone: (704) 487-6634
Paper Stock Dealers, Inc.
(Sonoco Products Co.)
4175 Glenn Avenue
Winston-Salem, NC 27105
Telephone: (919) 767-0000
Paper Stock Dealers, Inc.
(Sonoco Products Co.)
1701 Vargrave Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27107
Telephone: (919) 722-6971
New Jersey
Carustar Industries/Star Paper Tube
267 Jefferson Avenue
Camden, NJ 08104
Telephone: (609) 963-5900
Recycled Fibers of New Jersey
(The Newark Group)
60 Lockwood Street
Newark, NJ 07106
Telephone: (201) 465-3900
Ohio
Caraustar Industries/Star Paper Tube
5500
Wooster Road
Cincinnati, OH 45226
Telephone: (513) 871-7112
Smurfit Recycling Company
1258 Knowlton Street
Cincinatti, OH 45223
Telephone: (513) 681-8200
Jefferson Smurfit Corp.
2055 Refugee Road
Columbus, OH 43207
Telephone: (614) 445-3925
Sonoco Products Company
831 South Memorial Drive
Lancaster, OH
43130-0039
Telephone: (614) 653-6442
Recycled Fibers of Ohio
(The Newark Group)
2601 East River Road
Moriaine, OH 45439
Telephone: (513) 298-9969
Oregon
Smurfit Recycling Co.
1315 North West
Fourteenth Street
Portland, OR 97045
Telephone: (503) 294-7560
Pennsylvania
Sonoco Products Co.
300 South
Brandywine Avenue
Downingtown, PA 19335-2919
Telephone: (215) 269-3301
Accurate Paper Company
(Sonoco Products Co.)
26 South Fifth Street
Fernwood, PA 19050
Telephone: (803) 383-7709
Yazoo Mills, Inc.
P.O. Box 369
305 Commerce Street
New Oxford, PA
17350
Telephone: (800) 242-5216
Smurfit Recycling Company
5000 Flat Rock Road
Philadelphia, PA 19127
Telephone: (215) 984-7100
Carustar Industries/Star Paper Tube
P.O. Box 172
Reading, PA 19603
Telephone: (215) 375-8404
Mercer Paper Tube
1001 Loucks Mill Road
York, PA 17405
Telephone:
(717) 843-8061
South Carolina
Paper Stock Dealers, Inc.
(Sonoco Products Co.)
1825 White Street
Anderson, SC 29621
Telephone: (803) 225-8651
Paper Stock Dealers, Inc.
(Sonoco Products Co.)
20 Braswell Street
Charleston, SC 29405
Telephone: (803) 577-6940
Paper Stock Dealers, Inc.
(Sonoco Products Co.)
625 Greene Street
Columbia, SC 29201
ph (803) 779-0500
Dixie Waste Paper Co.
(Caraustar Industries)
123 Welborn Street
Greenville, SC 29602
Telephone: (803) 232-3321
Smurfit Recycling Company
1240 White Horse Road
Greenville, SC 29605
Telephone: (803) 299-1306
Paper Stock Dealers, Inc.
(Sonoco Products Co.)
1037 Hilton Avenue
Hartsville, SC 29550
Telephone: (803) 383-0273
Carustar Industries/Star Paper Tube
Drawer B
Rock Hill, SC 29732
Telephone: (803) 329-2131
Tennessee
Carustar Industries/Star Paper Tube
P.O. Box 431
Chattanooga, TN 37401
Telephone: (615) 267-3801
Paper Stock Dealers, Inc.
(Sonoco Products Co.)
1111 Mitchell Street
Knoxville, TN 37917
Telephone: (515) 524-0309
Paper Stock Dealers, Inc.
(Sonoco Products Co.)
704 South Dudley
Street
Memphis, TN 38104
Telephone: (901) 774-3110
Smurfit Recycling Company
1131-69 Agnes Place
Memphis, TN 38104
Telephone: (901) 726-1600
Smurfit Recycling Company
707 19th Avenue, North
Nashville, TN 38104
Telephone: (615) 329-4855
Sonoco Products Company
766 Industrial Road
Newport, TN 37821
Telephone: (615) 623-8611
Texas
Carustar Industries/Star Paper Tube
4201
Waco Street
Texarkana, TX 75501
Telephone: (903) 832-4543
Washington
Smurfit Recycling Co.
9747 Martin
Luther King Way South
Seattle, WA 98118
Telephone: (205) 723-4490
Sonoco Products Co.
Steele Avenue, P.O. Box 489
Sumner, WA 98390-0489
Telephone: (206) 863-6366
Smurfit Recycling Co.
2150 Port of Tacoma Road
Tacoma, WA 98421
Telephone: (206) 627-1459
Smurfit Recycling Co.
3500 S.E. Columbia Way
Building
44
Vancouver, WA 98661
Telephone: (206) 696-3325
Wisconsin
Paper Processing, Inc.
Green Bay
Recycling Center
(The Newark Group)
940 Prairie Avenue
Green Bay, WI
54306
Telephone: (414) 432-8005
Paper Processing, Inc.
Janesville Recycling Center
(The Newark Group)
340 Blackbridge Road
Janesville, WI 53543
Telephone: (608) 251-2115
Paper Processing, Inc.
(The Newark Group)
Madison Recycling Center
2200 Fish Hatchery Road
Madison, WI 53713
ph (608) 251-2115
Paper Processing, Inc.
Paper Valley Recycling
(The Newark Group)
1860 Novak Drive
Menasha, WI 54952
Telephone: (414) 954-5454
Paper Processing, Inc.
(The Newark Group)
1516 East Thomas Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53211
Telephone: (414) 271-9030
Hayes Manufacturing Group
1200 Independence Drive
Neenah, WI 54957
Telephone: (414) 725-7056
Canada
Paperboard Industries Corp.
(Sonoco
Products Co.)
4646 Builders Road, SE
Calgary, AB T2G 4C6
Telephone:
(403) 243-5700
Paperboard Industries Corp.
(Sonoco Products Co.)
2015 Eighty Seventh
Avenue
Edmonton, AB T6P 1L5
Telephone: (403) 464-4761
Paperboard Industries Corp.
(Sonoco Products Co.)
Vancouver Depot
85 West First Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5Y 1A1
Telephone: (604) 875-1635
Sonoco Limited
33 Park Avenue East
Brantford, ON N3T 5T5
Telephone: (519) 752-6591
Coretech-Sonoco Ltd.
1415 Brinkman Road
Kenora, ON P9N
2V1
Telephone: (807) 548-1430
Smurfit Paper Tube Ltd.
79 Don Street
Kingston, ON K7L 4Y5
Telephone: (613) 548-3120
Recycle London
(Sonoco Products Co.)
1105 Wellington Road
London,
ON N6E 1V0
Telephone: (519) 686-8484
Metro Waste
(Sonoco Products Co.)
35 Ironside Crescent
Scarborough, ON M1X 1G5
Telephone: (416) 297-7556
Coretech-Sonoco Ltd.
R.R. #2
Compartment 18
Thunder Bay, ON P7C
4V1
Telephone: (807) 939-2627
Quebec & Ontario Recycling Ltd.
123 Eastside Drive
Toronto, ON
M8Z 5S5
Telephone: (416) 231-7772
JC fibers
3718 Grand Ligne
Chambly, PQ G3L 4A7
Telephone: (514)
359-4545
Sonoco Limited
25 Lam Glois
Terrebonne, PQ J6W 4H4
Telephone:
(514) 471-4153
Coretech-Sonoco Ltd.
3400 Royal Boulevard
Three Rivers, PQ G9N 4M3
Telephone: (819) 379-6748
Group RCM
(Sonoco Products Co.)
247 Saint-Anne
Yamachiche, PQ G0X
3L0
Telephone: (819) 296-3705