International Paper - Port Wentworth Mill

Travis Fuhrman

I really had no business at the paper plant. I worked in the corrugated business for 19 years…so I can appreciate the process of making pulp from wood fibers and transforming it into usable paper products. What I can’t understand is the inherent smell that all of these processes gives to the surrounding Savannah area and especially considering it it a premier destination for travelers/tourists trying to a have an appreciation for some history. I also don’t understand how this paper plant is located right next to a wildlife refuge. Paper mills are in the top 10 of industrial “polluters” when it comes to the combination of environmental impacts(air, water, soil..etc). Well I guess this may have just been the chicken and it was here first…the refuge may have come later as a means of trying to salvage the habitat. I’m not insinuating there is any wrongdoing on behalf of International Paper or their constituents. I just found the geography ironic..that’s all:) The plant facility is huge..don’t know how many acres but it’s like a small city all lit up at night and very identifiable across the coastal plain.

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Turning pine trees into white paper products, steam & electricity.