Fox River Fiber Building Wastewater Pre-Treatment Facility

By: PRLog
Post Consumer Wastepaper Recycler is Looking to Reduce Its Carbon Footprint
PRLog - Sep. 18, 2013 - DE PERE, Wis. -- Fox River Fiber, a leading supplier of high-quality, recycled pulp for environmentally conscious companies, is investing $7 million in a wastewater pre-treatment facility designed to reduce the company’s carbon footprint and keep costs stable for its customers.

“Using anaerobic technology, we will be able to send cleaner wastewater through to the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District,” said Greg Archambault, Fox River Fiber’s chief executive officer. “It will reduce the amount of energy needed to treat our effluent, and it is a more sustainable method for the long term.”

Fox River Fiber is dedicating an acre of property to construct a large treatment tower and three storage tanks. The system is designed to handle approximately 1 million gallons of wastewater per day, up to a peak of 1.2 million gallons per day.

One of the tanks will pre-condition wastewater before it goes into the treatment tower; another will remove the biological solids and store them; and the third will further condition the water to remove any additional impurities before it is released to the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District.

“We chose the anaerobic process as being the most environmentally friendly option,” Archambault said. “We will be able to reduce the organic component of our wastewater by 70 to 90 percent.”

The company broke ground on the project in June and expects to bring it on line in December.

Fox River Fiber is a privately owned company recognized as an industry leader in turning post-consumer wastepaper into high-quality pulp. The company uses 93 percent of the byproducts generated by its proprietary de-inking process for beneficial purposes such as animal bedding, and lawn and garden care products and are always working to improve that percentage.

For more information, contact Greg Archambault at 920-339-9880 or greg@foxriverfiber.com

Tags: Post Consumer Wastepaper, Pulp Manufacturers, Post Consumer Fiber

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