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How is Recycled Paper Made?

Used paper is collected for recycling.

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How is Recycled Paper Made?

The paper is tightly squashed into‘bails’ ready for processing.

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How is Recycled Paper Made?

The bails are crushed and mixed in alarge circular tank with water to make athick pulp that looks a lot like porridge.

3 PULPINGMACHINE

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How is Recycled Paper Made?

The pulp is then put through a processof de-inking that uses chemicals to

remove inks and colours from the paper.

4 DE-INKINGMACHINE

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How is Recycled Paper Made?

The pulp is refined and cleaned.Often it is bleached white ordyed to a particular colour.

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How is Recycled Paper Made?

6The watery pulp is sprayed onto a flatmesh to make a layered mat and then

dried. Then it passes through hotrollers to make long rolls of paper.

This basic process isvery similar to the originalAncient Chinese methods.

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How is Recycled Paper Made?

7Finally, the paper is cut and converted

for printing or other purposes.