11 March 2023 (06:51-UTC-07 Tango 06) 20 Esfand 1401/18 Sha’ban 1444/20 Yi-Mao 4721/11 марта 2023 года

This is another incomplete list of recent shenanigans involving the paper-lumber mill/paper recycling industry.

Commonwealth of Nations-NATO-CANADA, Québec: After 15 years of taking over competitors, a company called Paper Excellence is now the dominate paper/lumber mill operator, but it won’t stop there as the company has plans to “build a strong business in the pulp and paper industry in the Americas and Europe.”

NATO-ROMAINIA:  United Kingdom officials inspected a paper mill in Romania. The officials included the United Kingdom’s ambassador to Romania, and the United Kingdom’s trade Commissioner for Europe.  Local news media said it was all about getting ‘investments’ from the British taxpayer!

Commonwealth of Nations-SOUTH AFRICA: The Limpopo Stevens Lumber Mills began a 90 days furlough of most of its 350-thousand employees, and halted operations, due to supply shortages!

NATO-SPAIN: The Nervión paper mill in Iurreta is getting a €27-million waste management and recovery facility.

AUKUS-NATO-UNITED STATES, Iowa: International Paper is using state and local tax incentives to expand recycling operations at the Cedar River Paper Mill.  The mill will build its own steam generation system as the original coal-fired steam supplier is shutting down due to environmental reasons.

Massachusetts: Officials with the town of Erving are overwhelmed by the estimated taxpayer costs to demolish the abandoned International Paper Mill; $4-million!  Accuses engineering consultant of fudging the numbers!

Montana: The R-Y Timber operation in Livingston shutting down due to suffering two fires, about 80 jobs lost!

New York: A lumber warehouse in Brooklyn-NYC goes up in flames!

North Carolina: Packaging Corporation of America announced it will halt operations in Rutherford County, 40 jobs lost by April!

Revealed! Pactiv Evergreen executives dumped more than 50-thousand shares before announcing devastating paper mill shutdown, suddenly killing more than 1-thousand jobs!

Haywood County scrambles to provide help to people affected by the sudden shutdown of the Pactiv Evergreen mill.

Ohio: Fire destroys large part of Hardwood Lumber Company in Middlefield Township.

South Carolina: The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accuses the New-Indy Container Board mill, in Catawba, of 19 pollution violations!

Tennessee: While neighbors in North Carolina lose their paper mill jobs, people living downstream along the Pigeon River are celebrating the mill shutdown, because it means no more polluted water.

Virginia: A lumber mill owner pled guilty to failing to pay payroll taxes to the IRS, despite withholding them from his employees’ paychecks!

Wisconsin: A fire shuts down the Park Falls Hardwoods saw mill.

Supply Shortage Shenanigans, 2023: SUDDEN SHUTDOWN OF PAPER MILLS & TOILET PAPER? THOUSANDS OF JOBS INSTANTLY KILLED!