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Emissions Data

2007 Emissions Data for Our Pulp, Paper1 and Containerboard Mills5
Per ton of production
Air emissions Water quality Waste management
Nitrogen oxide compounds (pounds) Particulate matter (pounds) Sulfur oxide compounds (pounds) Total reduced sulfur (pounds) Wastewater discharged (thousands of gallons) Total suspended solids (pounds) Biochemical oxygen demand (pounds) Adsorbable organic halides (AOX) (pounds) Landfilled (pounds) Beneficially applied to land (pounds) Other beneficial use (pounds) Burned for energy (pounds) Disposed as hazardous waste (pounds)
Albany, Ore.5 1.3 1.0 0.6 0.06 4.5 2.5 1.9 – – 33 66 1,308 <0.001
Cedar River2,5 – – – – 0.7 1.6 15.5 – 45 46 27 – –
Columbus Modified Fiber, Miss.2 0.1 0.7 0.001 – 0.16 0.01 0.8 – – – 8 – –
Columbus, Miss. 6.2 2.2 1.2 0.08 12.0 1.5 1.5 0.27 413 – 26 4,645 –
Flint River, Ga. 5.2 2.3 1.4 0.07 6.8 3.7 3.3 0.13 135 – – 4,963 –
Grande Prairie, Alta. 5.4 0.9 9.6 0.03 12.6 3.1 3.0 0.52 170 – – 3,794 0.097
Henderson, Ky.2,5 0.3 – – – 1.5 6.9 16.2 – 207 – – – –
Longview, Wash.3 4.2 0.2 1.3 0.03 14.5 2.7 1.8 0.59 122 0.1 21 1,582 0.007
New Bern, N.C. 4.6 3.0 9.2 0.12 17.1 1.7 2.0 0.21 9 12 519 3,582 –
Pine Hill, Ala.5 5.6 1.8 3.6 0.39 7.9 2.9 2.0 – – 301 – 1,918 0.003
Port Hueneme (Oxnard), Calif2,5 0.5 – – – 0.6 0.3 0.2 – 201 – 68 – 0.082
Port Wentworth, Ga. 6.2 0.9 4.7 0.15 13.9 5.8 1.5 0.45 6 105 103 4,519 0.004
Red River (Campti), La.5 2.7 0.5 0.3 0.04 5.5 4.7 4.0 – 126 – – 1,385 0.002
Springfield, Ore.5 3.0 0.8 0.7 0.14 6.2 1.4 1.3 – 91 63 35 1,533 0.010
Valliant, Okla.5 4.9 0.9 4.2 0.07 5.0 3.5 4.1 – 184 – – 1,019 0.002
Xalapa, Mexico4,5 0.06 0.06 0.06 – 0.9 0.03 < 0.01 – 103 – – – 1.64
  1. In March 2007, Weyerhaeuser’s fine paper business and related assets were combined with Domtar to create a new fine paper company, Domtar Corporation. Operations included in the Domtar transaction are not part of 2007 data.
  2. Wastewater sent to publicly owned treatment works.
  3. Includes production and emissions of NORPAC, a joint-venture newsprint mill.
  4. In Mexico, hazardous waste is defined more broadly and includes a number of wastes that are not classified as hazardous in the United States or Canada.
  5. In August 2008, Weyerhaeuser sold its containerboard, packaging and recycling business to International Paper. Operations sold were included in the 2007 data.

Last updated Aug. 4, 2008.