A recycling device for a cigarette-making machine, wherein the cigarette-making machine is configured for: - grinding raw tobacco leaves into ground tobacco, said ground tobacco comprising primary finely divided tobacco and oversized tobacco particles; - producing cigarettes from finely divided tobacco; and - rejecting the oversized tobacco particles; the recycling device comprising: - a cutting mechanism comprising a receiving element for receiving the oversized tobacco particles rejected by the cigarette-making machine and a cutter configured for cutting the oversized tobacco particles into supplementary finely divided tobacco and; characterized in that: - the cutting mechanism further comprises a collector configured for collecting the supplementary finely divided tobacco; and - the recycling device further comprises: - a dosing mechanism comprising an inlet configured to receive the supplementary finely divided tobacco from the collector and a conveyor configured to convey a specific throughput of supplementary finely divided tobacco to the cigarette-making machine; and - a drive system configured to control the operation of the cutting mechanism and the dosing mechanism. wherein the cigarette-making machine is configured for: - grinding raw tobacco leaves into ground tobacco, said ground tobacco comprising primary finely divided tobacco and oversized tobacco particles; - producing cigarettes from finely divided tobacco; and - rejecting the oversized tobacco particles; - grinding raw tobacco leaves into ground tobacco, said ground tobacco comprising primary finely divided tobacco and oversized tobacco particles; - producing cigarettes from finely divided tobacco; and - rejecting the oversized tobacco particles; the recycling device comprising: - a cutting mechanism comprising a receiving element for receiving the oversized tobacco particles rejected by the cigarette-making machine and a cutter configured for cutting the oversized tobacco particles into supplementary finely divided tobacco and; - a cutting mechanism comprising a receiving element for receiving the oversized tobacco particles rejected by the cigarette-making machine and a cutter configured for cutting the oversized tobacco particles into supplementary finely divided tobacco and; characterized in that: - the cutting mechanism further comprises a collector configured for collecting the supplementary finely divided tobacco; and - the recycling device further comprises: - a dosing mechanism comprising an inlet configured to receive the supplementary finely divided tobacco from the collector and a conveyor configured to convey a specific throughput of supplementary finely divided tobacco to the cigarette-making machine; and - a drive system configured to control the operation of the cutting mechanism and the dosing mechanism. - the cutting mechanism further comprises a collector configured for collecting the supplementary finely divided tobacco; and - the recycling device further comprises: - a dosing mechanism comprising an inlet configured to receive the supplementary finely divided tobacco from the collector and a conveyor configured to convey a specific throughput of supplementary finely divided tobacco to the cigarette-making machine; and - a drive system configured to control the operation of the cutting mechanism and the dosing mechanism. - a dosing mechanism comprising an inlet configured to receive the supplementary finely divided tobacco from the collector and a conveyor configured to convey a specific throughput of supplementary finely divided tobacco to the cigarette-making machine; and - a drive system configured to control the operation of the cutting mechanism and the dosing mechanism.