Editing Domtar (section)

===Nova Scotia===
The company was originally known as the Dominion Tar and Chemical Company, Limited. Its first plant was located in [[Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia|Cape Breton]], [[Nova Scotia]].

Dominion Tar and Chemical Company Ltd (Domtar) operated a coal tar refining plant and a coal tar storage facility in [[Sydney, Nova Scotia|Sydney]] from 1903 to 1962. This facility was situated directly adjacent to and north of the coke oven operations. It diverted coal tar from the coke ovens, refined it, moved it through pipes, and stored it in tanks for shipping elsewhere. Domtar ceased operations in Sydney in 1962 abandoning its storage tanks, waste disposal lagoons, pipes, buildings and equipment. Domtar conducted little or no clean up of the site. A large tank, referred to as the "Domtar tank", remained in place adjacent to the coke ovens site into the 2000s, measuring 28&nbsp;m (92&nbsp;ft.) in diameter and 6&nbsp;m (20&nbsp;ft.) high. It contained materials abandoned by Domtar and other materials added in the years since the facility's abandonment.

This site, which is located adjacent to the former Sydney Steel plant, is included in a $400 million [[government]] sponsored cleanup of what is referred to as the [[Sydney Tar Ponds]].

In 2008 Domtar partnered with [[World Wide Fund for Nature|WWF]] as a part of an ongoing effort to help them source their materials responsibly.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Domtar and WWF {{!}} Projects {{!}} WWF|url=https://www.worldwildlife.org/projects/domtar-and-wwf|access-date=2020-06-03|website=World Wildlife Fund|language=en}}</ref> They are also a long-time member of the Two Sides initiative.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-07|title=Member Spotlight: Domtar Paper|url=https://twosidesna.org/US/member-spotlight-domtar-paper/|access-date=2020-06-03|website=Two Sides North America|language=en-US}}</ref>