Methods of Paper Recycling

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Lynn Bestul. I'm the Solid Waste Planner for New Hanover County in North Carolina. I'm here today to talk to you about methods of recycling paper. And primarily, I can show you a crude method that you can do at home for making the paper; however, manufacturers have a more sophisticated method. They're going to start out with the old paper that's brought to their facilities, and when it's shred it's also bleached out so all of the ink, everything is taken off of it, the coloring is bleached out of it. But, then it goes through the same type of a process where that shredded, bleached paper goes into a system where it's mulched up and liquefied, and turns into a pulp. Then, they have a screening system just like this where the screen would drop down, and of course they're a lot larger screening systems, and the pulp would be levelized on it. It goes through a rolling system to get the paper smooth; making sure that it's completely flat, the drying process. And then, of course, at the end it's going to go through its cutting where it's cut to the different sizes of the paper that you and I buy at the stores. And, for the most part, that is how paper is manufactured. Thank you."