Thirty years in fiber.

L.D. Nott Company has spent three decades at the heart of the recycled paper industry. Based in Hoquiam, Washington — in the heart of the Pacific Northwest forest products region — we broker and move old corrugated containers (OCC) from generators to the mills that need them most.

What sets us apart isn't size. It's relationships. We know the suppliers who produce the cleanest bales. We know the mills who care about what they're running. And we spend our days connecting the two — load by load, grade by grade.

The technical reality.

When OCC is contaminated, the consequences cascade through every part of a mill operation. Fines hamper drainage. Stickies break sheets. Dirt plugs screens and destroys refiners and pumps. Yields swing — sometimes wildly. Per 1,000 tons of containerboard, reject OCC waste can range from 125 to 250 tons. That's a variance with enormous cost and operational consequences.

The upside is real, too.

Cleaner OCC means longer average fiber length, stronger sheets, and the ability to run lighter basis weights without sacrificing performance. It means fewer chemicals, less downtime, less wear. It means a mill operation that runs the way it's supposed to.

What we believe.

We believe that the quality of the fiber supply is one of the most important and most controllable variables in any recycled paper operation. So we invest in the people, the relationships, and the measurement tools that make that quality visible and actionable.

We're a small team that thinks long-term. We're partners, not transactions. We're not the biggest brokerage in the country, and we're not trying to be. We're trying to be the most useful — the ones who answer the phone, know your operation, and bring the same care to a 20-ton load as a 200-ton one.

Our work, in one sentence.

We make sure the right fiber gets to the right mill — and that every cycle of every box delivers as much value as the last.