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9 -- operating paper mills count for US paper mills (2025)
As of the previous month from publication, only 9 paper mills remain operating in the U.S., down from 100 thirty years ago.
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9
Unit
Count
Data Vintage
2025
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Evidence Quality
B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
PrintEPS
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Tier C
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Comparison baseline: 100 US paper mills 30 years ago
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US paper mills: 9 operating paper mills count. Source: PrintEPS (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-paper-mills-decline-100-to-9
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