Side stream utilisation services for paper and pulp industry

Utilising side streams as materials isn’t just a vision for the future; it’s a smart, sustainable solution you can implement at your mill today – without heavy investments or costs. By repurposing side streams into new, value products, we reduce the need for virgin resources. The circular economy isn’t just good for the planet – it also boosts industrial material efficiency and cuts emissions, helping to meet sustainability goals.

Soilfood´s services are already trusted by dozens of Nordic industrial companies – including leading paper and pulp companies – as well as thousands of farmers.

Soilfood´s solution for fibrous side streams

Soilfood uses fibrous side streams from the paper and pulp industry as raw materials for soil amendments and bedding fibres for farms. In these applications, the carbon in the fibres is returned to the soil, improving soil fertility over time.

Soilfood´s solution for limes

Soilfood uses limes from the paper and pulp industry as a raw material for soil improvers in agriculture, as well as for industrial recycled materials.

Let´s make sustainability the new standard!

The raw materials Soilfood uses for circular economy products include:

Fibrous side streams such as sludges
Materials with a neutralising effect
Side streams containing nutrients.

Soilfood develops the most competitive solution for every side stream material usage.

Soilfood takes responsibility of the side stream from the place of birth.

Soilfood gives a sales guarantee for the agreed amount of product.

We continuously develop our solutions – even during long contract periods.

“Partnering with an external expert for side stream management gives mills a flexible solution in a constantly changing market – and a smart alternative to major investments in treatment systems.”

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Dozens of industrial plants across the Nordics trust our services.

Soilfood has been refining products from Metsä Board’s side streams since 2016

Our collaboration covers the utilisation of side streams from several mills across the Nordics. “Our target is that by 2030, none of our mills’ processes will generate landfill waste. Already today, more than 97% of our side streams are recovered either as materials or as energy. Metsä Board wants to focus on its core expertise as a producer of premium fresh fibre paperboard, while at the same time seeking to make even more comprehensive use of circular economy opportunities. That is why partners like Soilfood are so important to us.” says Environmental Director Mika Leino.

At Finnamyl each and every part of the potato is put to use

Since the beginning of 2018, Soilfood has been responsible for fertilizer sales, logistics, distribution and advising farmers, thus allowing Finnamyl Ltd. to focus on the production and processing of starch potatoes. The importance of recycling domestic nutrients is now more timely than ever. Finnamyl’s model, in which the raw material is fully utilized and the side stream nutrients are recycled for agricultural use, is an exemplary approach. “At the plant, we put every part of the potato to use: the starch, fibers, proteins, and even the water found in potatoes. Farmers use this nutrient-rich side stream as fertilizer,” explains Kimmo Pusa, Farming Manager.

Come and join for circular future

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18.9.2025