KINGSPORT, TN – Domtar’s Kingsport Mill has been awarded The Fred Schmitt Award for Outstanding Corporate Leadership by the National Recycling Coalition (NRC). The prestigious national honor recognizes a company showing leadership, innovation and success as a model in recycling and diversion. The Kingsport Mill was nominated by the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce and selected by the NRC for its transformative conversion into Tennessee’s largest recycled manufacturer. The mill is home to the second-largest recycled containerboard machine in North America. …Completed in 2023, the Kingsport Mill’s two-year conversion project transformed an uncoated freesheet paper machine into Domtar’s first 100 percent recycled containerboard facility. The mill now produces approximately 600,000 tons of high-quality recycled linerboard and corrugated medium each year while consuming nearly 700,000 tons of recycled boxes and paper — enough to fill nearly 1.5 Empire State Buildings.