What is the Norske Skog Green Offsets Project?
Norske Skog owns and operates a paper mill at Albury on the banks of the Murray River in south-west NSW neat the Victorian border. The company injects over $100 million into the Albury district each year by employing 260 full-time staff, purchasing local products and using local contractors The mill produces salty wastewater as a bi-product of paper production. Currently this water is discharged onto a nearby forestry plantation. However, Norske Skog requires more flexible water management arrangements to enable enhanced operations at the mill. Together with Norske Skog, the NSW Government has developed an innovative solution that supports the continued success of the mill and also benefits the local environment. Through the Norske Skog Green Offsets Project, the mill may be allowed to discharge three megalitres of salty wastewater into the Murray River each day, but it must meet strict water licence conditions and offset the environmental impacts by funding the operations of a nearby
