Category: Environment
GP Educates and Encourages Employees At America Recycles Day Event
We’ve all been there: you just finished eating your take-out food and you have a foam drinking cup, paper food bag, plastic utensils and other waste in hand. You’re in a rush, so you have to make a snap decision – do you throw it all in the trash, or in the recycling bin? Recycling […]
GP Shares Environmental Commitment With Next Generation
Georgia-Pacific’s mill located in Cedar Springs, Georgia recently held its 13th annual Water Ways Festival at Kolomoki Mounds State Park. Approximately 300 students, teachers, presenters and volunteers participated in fun and interactive lessons to emphasize the many ways water impacts the earth and all living things. What is Water Ways? Through Water Ways, Georgia-Pacific promotes […]
Recycling: The Ins, Outs and When to Throw It Out
Recycling has come a long way. It was not long ago that you had to sort materials into separate bins yourself and then drive them across town to find a drop-off. Nowadays, single sort and curbside pick-up are more common and make recycling easier. As a result, the number of households that recycle continues to […]
Naheola is a Shining ENERGY STAR®
Chances are you’ve seen the ENERGY STAR® logo on various products, homes and buildings. This stamp of approval is earned by delivering cost-saving energy efficient solutions that lead to a better environment for everyone—having the ENERGY STAR® approval is a big deal. Georgia-Pacific’s Naheola mill located in Alabama recently completed a project titled Coal Boiler […]
GP Continues to be #ForestProud During National Forest Products Week
National Forest Products Week is an annual reminder of our commitment to sustainable business practices that help preserve our forests and protect our environment. Proper management of resources such as paper and packaging materials, lumber and consumer products are key. One major initiative is building sustainable homes with biogenic materials, ones that are based in […]
Bee Part of the Solution
Imagine walking out of work for some fresh air and seeing a couple of bees flying around and then looking up to see a massive hive containing thousands of them. That’s exactly what happened to an employee at our Green Bay Broadway mill. After it was reported, the first call was made to pest control […]
Quilted Northern® Team Partners with The Arbor Day Foundation to Launch New Bath Tissue
The Quilted Northern® brand is welcoming a new member to the family– Quilted Northern® EcoComfort™ toilet paper. On store shelves now, the new product speaks directly to the environmentally‐conscious shopper who doesn’t want to sacrifice comfort and quality. EcoComfort’s Uniqueness Quilted Northern® EcoComfort™ is the first toilet paper crafted for both comfort and sustainability. Not […]
Our Forests Continue to Grow
New regulations always bring with them a host of fresh questions, and some have expressed concern that a recent ban in Europe on single‐use plastics may drive up paper use, ultimately causing deforestation. Fortunately, with paper, it works the other way around. Because forests can be selectively harvested and replanted, they don’t get converted to […]
GP Dedicates Almost a Decade to Endangered Forest Mapping
We couldn’t have paper and building products without forests. We rely on forests as a company and even more as a community. GP recognizes that forests are beneficial for more than just products that provide financial gain. They also give us clean air, clean water and a place to get away from the hustle and […]
Falling Emissions, Rising Opportunity
The boiler at the heart of Georgia‐Pacific’s Broadway mill in Green Bay, Wisconsin, arrived by barge on the banks of the Fox River more than four years ago. Designed to replace the company’s largest coal‐fired unit, the new natural‐gas boiler has dramatically reduced emissions from the manufacturing process, and the surrounding community and environment are […]