Every year, millions of newspapers and magazines are collected in Hampshire for recycling, through a network of banks and kerbside recycling schemes. The majority of the paper is transported to the world's largest newspaper recycling mill in Aylesford, Kent. At the mill, the paper goes through a massive pulping machine which removes things that can't be recycled, such as staples and bindings. The pulp is then de-inked, whereby the ink is floated off the paper.
More water is added to the cleaned pulp which is then fed into the paper making machine.
This consists of a series of large rollers to press the pulp. Then it is heat dried to remove the remaining water. The dried paper is wound onto 9.2 metre rolls and is ready for printing again. The final product is a clean, bright paper which is used to make the newsprint we all read.