MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • July 13, 2025
Your recent editorial, “Hold Maine’s paper mills to higher standards,” gave an incomplete picture of Sappi’s environmental practices. At our Somerset mill in Skowhegan, about 80% of our energy comes from renewable sources, mainly biomass and black liquor, both byproducts of the papermaking process. These fuels are considered carbon neutral by the U.S. EPA, Maine DEP and many international governments because they’re part of the natural carbon cycle. We don’t use coal, and tire-derived fuel is a small part of our energy mix that helps keep tires out of landfills, reducing mosquito breeding grounds. ~ Sean Wallace, Sappi, North America