LEADING THE WAY
TOWARD A BETTER TOMORROW

WHO WE ARE

GP Recycling is one of the largest pure traders of recycled fiber in the world, trading in excess of 100,000 tons per week. By focusing on close relationships with suppliers and customers rather than solely on market timing, we have built a collaborative network of trading partners around the world.

GP Recycling is an exclusive supplier to the Georgia-Pacific mill system.

GP Recycling recycles paper, plastics and metals worldwide.

GP Recycling has strategic plant locations across the country.

Our History

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1970
Harmon was established as a strong regional fiber trading company specializing in selling kraft grades to containerboard and gypsum mills.
1980
Fort Howard Paper Company purchases Harmon. Harmon begins procuring wastepaper for 100 percent recycled mills and establishes brokerage business.
1997
Fort Howard merges with James River to form Fort James Corporation.
2000
Harmon’s brokerage business continues to grow and the company assumes responsibility for Fort James wastepaper mills. As trading business in the U.K. and Europe increases, Harmon International is formed. Georgia-Pacific acquires Fort James.
2001
Harmon integrates three Georgia-Pacific businesses: wastepaper purchasing for Georgia-Pacific’s containerboard mills, marketing of recyclable materials from box plants, and consolidation of Harmon and Georgia-Pacific recycling operations.
2003
Harmon assumes responsibility for purchasing recovered fiber for Georgia-Pacific plants in the UK, France and the Netherlands.
2005
Harmon launches an environmentally centered pilot program to generate recovery from non-conventional resources. Koch Industries acquires Georgia-Pacific.
2006
The purchase of Miami-based Future Fibers helps to expand GP Harmon’s South American presence.
2007
Harmon and Remizzo Inc. form Harmon Associates Indian Private Ltd. (HAIPL) with a new logistics office in Mumbai.
2008
Harmon service capabilities expand to include behind-the-store pick-ups and less-than-truckload quantities.
2009
Harmon changes it’s name to GP Harmon Recycling to reﬂect it’s position as a leader in international paper, aluminum and plastic recycling.
2013
GP Harmon Recycling acquires a plastic recycling facility in Elizabethton, TN to further enhance its plastic capabilities. GP Harmon Recycling becomes a key stakeholder in the formation of Georgia-Pacific Trading (Shanghai) Co. Ltd, providing marketing of GP products in China – including GP Harmon Recycling products.
2016
GP Harmon Recycling buys out share ownership of Remizzo Inc., thereby assuming 100% ownership of HAIPL.
2019
GP Harmon Recycling changes its name to Georgia-Pacific Recycling.

Global Markets

China

In 2013, Georgia-Pacific Trading (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. was established to expand GP Recycling’s ability to serve the Chinese marketplace, the world’s largest market for recovered fiber exports. Having supplied this market for many years, GP Recycling’s expertise in the marketplace is enhanced by a physical presence in China.

India

Harmon Associates India Private Limited – Founded in 2008, GP Recycling’s office in Mumbai was established to provide complete after-sales service to an extensive India customer base, along with quality administration capability. Today, this office has expanded beyond Indian customers to provide 24/7 support services across broad business segments of GP Recycling.

WHAT WE DO

GP Recycling’s programs divert paper, plastic and metal from landfills in order to avoid waste and help minimize the environmental impact of your business. Our recycling programs are unique and custom-designed to help meet, and even exceed, your sustainability goals.