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Howe Sound Mill

Located on the western side of spectacular coastal British Columbia, Howe Sound Pulp and Paper is one of the oldest operating mills in the province. Completely rebuild to modern standard in 1991. Generations of families who were first attracted to the area by mill jobs, stayed to have made the Sunshine Coast their home. Howe Sound Pulp and Paper facility is a leading producer of high quality Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft pulps. These pulps are used by customers worldwide to make a variety of products from tissue and paper towels to fine writing paper.  
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Contact information

Howe Sound

3838 Port Mellon Hwy
Port Mellon, BC V0N 1V0
Canada

604.884.5223

Address

3838 Port Mellon Hwy
Port Mellon, BC V0N 1V0
Canada

3838 Port Mellon Hwy
Port Mellon, BC V0N 1V0
Canada

Mill
604.884.5223 / info@paperexcellence.com

Howe Sound604.884.5223

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Production Capacity
  • 380,000 air dry metric tonnes annual pulp production capacity
Economic Impact
  • $953.8 million (CAD)
Environmental Contributions
  • 90% of HSPP’s energy comes from renewable sources with 50% reduction in greenhouse gases sine 1990, Howe Sound power use is self-generated green electricity, 100% wood fibre is low risk using a risk assessment process and Strictest emission standards on the BC coast
  • Completed two CleanBC projects in 2022-23
Community Investment

The Howe Sound Mill has made donations to area food banks through supports provided to the local Salvation Army, St. Barts Food Bank, and the Sunshine Coast Community Services Society. Howe Sound provides funding to the Sunshine Coast Association for Community Living that supports people with developmental disabilities, the Sunshine Coast Search & Rescue, local Royal Canadian Legions and provided $10,000 to Sunshine Coast School District 46 for an Indigenous Learning Program. Howe Sound also supported cultural events led by the Squamish Nation and supported museum and First Nation tours for the public and mill staff.

Awards and Certifications
  • ISO 14001 environmental management system certified / Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®), Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI®) standards
  • Certified to all globally recognized chain-of-custody standards
Number of Employees
  • 350
Number of Machines
  • 1 Fiber line
  • 1 Pulp Dryer
Products
  • Tissue
  • Paper Towels
  • Fine Writing Paper
About Us

Howe Sound Pulp and Paper facility is a leading producer of high quality Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft pulps. These pulps are used by customers worldwide to make a wide variety of products from tissue and paper towels to fine writing paper.

 

Air Quality Monitoring

Howe Sound Pulp and Paper maintains an ambient air monitoring station 10 km south of the mill (close to the Langdale Ferry Terminal). This station measures the concentrations in the local atmosphere of nitrogen oxides (NO), sulphur dioxide (SO), particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns in size (PM) and total reduced sulphur (TRS – the odorous gases created in the Kraft process). This data is then sent by modem to the mill and to the Ministry of Environment.

  • Follow the link below to access current air quality data at Langdale, from the Ministry of Environment website.
  • Click on “All Station Data”.
  • Zoom in to locate Langdale Elementary and select to get current readings.
  • Click on Langdale Elementary to get current readings.
  • Click on any of those readings to get a graph for the last 24 hours.

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About Us

Permits

Name Size
Effluent Permit 1 MB
Landfill Permit 1 MB
Air Permit 121 KB
Communication Notice 483 KB

Contractor Safety Documents

Name Size
Lockout Program 1 MB
PPE Policy (For Contractor) 142 KB
Respiratory Protection Program 94 KB
Contractor Glove Selection Guide 818 KB
Contractor Safety Manual 851 KB
CSE Program 688 KB
Hot Work Program 3 MB