Metsä Tissue Submits Final Planning Application for Proposed New Tissue Paper Mill in the UK

Metsä Group’s tissue paper business, Metsä Tissue, has submitted a full planning application to the East Riding of Yorkshire Council for its proposed new tissue paper mill in Goole, the UK.

If approved, the planned tissue paper mill would be capable of producing 240,000 tonnes of fresh fibre-based tissue paper per year once fully operational. This represents about one-fifth of the current tissue volume in the UK. It would create more than 400 jobs at the facility, as well as thousands more across the supply chain and the local economy.

Around 40% of the tissue in the UK and Ireland is currently imported. By increasing the level of local production in the UK, the completed project would help the UK increase self-sufficiency to around 85% whilst reducing the amount of transportation on UK roads.

Falling under Metsä Tissue’s strategic Future Mill programme, the planned mill in Goole would use cutting-edge production technologies to deliver an efficient and modern facility with an outstanding environmental performance.

Metsä Tissue is investing in the latest technologies in its tissue paper mills across Europe to improve environmental and operational efficiencies. Its ambition is for fossil-free production and offering by 2030.

Metsä Tissue produces hygiene products for households and professionals, and greaseproof papers for food preparation and packaging.