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Armstrong World Industries takes step to reduce waste
Listen to this articleArmstrong World Industries Inc.’s plant in Macon, Georgia, is joining forces with Irving Consumer Products to reduce both companies’ environmental footprints.
In the second quarter of this year, Irving’s Macon facility will start diverting its tissue fiber waste to Armstrong‘s mineral fiber plant, reducing Armstrong’s need to source and purchase recycled newsprint as an input raw material for its ceilings.
Through this collaboration, Armstrong and Irving expect to divert more than 3,500 tons of fiber waste each year from landfills, supporting their sustainability goals.
“This partnership is a win-win, and a great example of companies working together at a local level to help solve a global problem while improving our own processes,” Armstrong’s Macon Plant Manager William Woolard said in a release.
Armstrong, headquartered in Lancaster, designs and manufactures commercial and residential ceiling, wall and suspension systems. It reported $1.1 billion in revenue in 2021.
With 400-plus employees, the Macon ceiling tile plant is one of Armstrong’s largest mineral fiber facilities. Irving’s household tissue products manufacturing plant in Macon has a workforce of more than 320 people.
Since 1999, Armstrong has been using recycled paper as a raw material and recycling old ceiling tiles into its manufacturing process through the Armstrong Ceiling Recycling Program. Over the years, more than 200 million square feet of used ceiling materials have been diverted from landfills.
