{"id":2743,"date":"2010-02-04T11:24:47","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T16:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2010\/02\/pcas-building-the-greenest-mill-in-the-country-ceo.html"},"modified":"2010-02-04T11:24:47","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T16:24:47","slug":"pcas-building-the-greenest-mill-in-the-country-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2010\/02\/pcas-building-the-greenest-mill-in-the-country-ceo.html","title":{"rendered":"PCA&#8217;s building the greenest mill in the country &#8211;CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"Malynda Fulton <a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostadailytimes.com\/local\/local_story_033234904.html\">\nwrites in the VDT that,<\/a>\naccording to its CEO Paul Stecko, Packaging Corporation of America (PCA)\nis building\n<blockquote>\n&#8230;the greenest mill in the U.S. and possibly the least costly to operate.\nThis mill will become the mill of the future instead of the mill from the past.\n<\/blockquote>\nThis is at the PCA plant in Clyattville.\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" align=\"right\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=5495+Clyattville+Lake+Park+Road,+Valdosta,+GA+31601&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=48.641855,78.837891&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=h&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=5495+Clyattville+Lake+Park+Rd,+Valdosta,+Lowndes,+Georgia+31601&amp;ll=30.694778,-83.303339&amp;spn=0.009927,0.007403&amp;z=16&amp;output=embed\"><\/iframe><br \/><small><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;source=embed&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=5495+Clyattville+Lake+Park+Road,+Valdosta,+GA+31601&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=48.641855,78.837891&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=h&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=5495+Clyattville+Lake+Park+Rd,+Valdosta,+Lowndes,+Georgia+31601&amp;ll=30.694778,-83.303339&amp;spn=0.009927,0.007403&amp;z=16\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/small>\n<p>\nWhy green?\n<blockquote>\nThrough the new boilers, PCA was able to eliminate the use of fossil fuel and run the boilers on renewable energy, Stecko explained.\n<\/blockquote>\nIn other words, it&#8217;s a biomass plant.\nThe article doesn&#8217;t say whether the biomass is entirely materials that\nwould otherwise have been discarded, nor how efficient it is.\n<p>\nThe article does say:\n\n<!--more-->\n<blockquote>\nValdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority Executive Director Brad Lofton said this project is one of the largest investments in Lowndes County.\n<p>\nDuring the specialized construction phase of the project, approximately 300 construction workers will be hired, with a payroll of $75 to $100 million, said PCA\u2019s Valdosta mill manager, David Carmon. This will generate an ancillary benefit of approximately $370,000 to the community, he said.\n<p>\nIncentives awarded by the industrial authority for this project include a turning lane on the road where the mill is located, two acres of paving and $250,000 in cash.\n<p>\nThe project is expected to be complete within two years.\n<\/blockquote>\nThe story has legs, and was picked up elsewhere, auch as in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tradingmarkets.com\/news\/stock-alert\/pkg_groundbreaking-ceo-pca-s-building-the-greenest-mill-in-the-country-748622.html\">TradingMarkets.com.<\/a>\nEconomically this is a welcome change from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostadailytimes.com\/business\/local_story_110184444.html\">layoffs at the same plant of only a few years ago.<\/a>\nThose layoffs are one reason the plant is inexpensive to operate.\nAnd note the jobs cited in the recent VDT article are entirely for\nthe construction phase, not for ongoing operations.\nIt&#8217;s understandable that the Industrial Authority is doing what it can to retain\nPCA.\nPerhaps it can also find new businesses that will bring ongoing jobs.\n<p>\nIt also would be nice to know what sort of emissions the new boilers will produce,\nsince everybody in the county will be breathing them.\nMaybe they&#8217;re lower than the former oil-burning emissions.\nIf so, that would be very good news.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Malynda Fulton writes in the VDT that, according to its CEO Paul Stecko, Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) is building &#8230;the greenest mill in the U.S. and possibly the least costly to operate. 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