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Claim Text: In 2023, keeping the Sylva-based mill’s biomass boiler running became even more important when a major pulp and paper mill in the region shuttered.
Simplified Text: Keeping Sylva biomass boiler running was more important after a regional pulp mill closed in 2023.
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Created: December 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM (8 months ago)
Last Updated: December 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM (8 months ago)

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The Jackson Paper Manufacturing mill in Sylva, North Carolina faced a stark choice: invest in overhauling their 40-year-old boiler that burns biomass or convert their aging system to natural gas. 0.900

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The wood fuel that supports the biomass boiler and the wood that supports the papermill are harvested from the forest as part of commercial thinning, a process that allows loggers to remove specific t... 0.900

Simplified: Wood fuel is harvested via commercial thinning, improving forest health and providing manufacturing materials.

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Shutting down the biomass boiler would jeopardize hundreds of local jobs, like the truckers who haul chips and even jobs at other local wood products mills. 0.900

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Simplified: Jackson Paper became sole customer for 30 wood manufacturers needing to sell low-value biomass.

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“We decided to install new controls and continue to use biomass with the cost difference covered by a Forest Service Community Wood grant,” said Carr Tyndall, president of Jackson Paper Manufacturing. 0.900

Simplified: Carr Tyndall said they installed new controls and used biomass due to a Forest Service grant.

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