New Saskatchewan facility to process wheat straw into pulp
MELFORT, Sask. — Regina will be the location of Canada’s first non-wood pulp mill.
Red Leaf Pulp Ltd. said the facility will turn wheat straw into compostable cellulose pulp for use in packaging, tissue, and other paper products.
The initial plant will have capacity to produce 182,000 tonnes of market pulp a year from waste wheat straw from local farmers.
The $350-million project will provide 250 jobs during the construction phase with 110 full-time jobs once the facility begins operation.