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AYLESFORD NEWSPRINT AND TONBRIDGE AND MALLING BOROUGH COUNCIL RECYCLE 60,000 TONNES OF PAPER
Wednesday 17. March 2010 - The Mayor of Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council, Cllr Sue Murray, recently visited Aylesford Newsprint to mark the 60,000th tonne of paper collected by the Boroughs kerbside green box scheme recycled at the nearby mill.
Aylesford Newsprint is one of only four paper mills based in the UK that manufactures 100% recycled newsprint from recovered newspapers and magazines. Located just outside Maidstone in Kent, the mill is within the Tonbridge and Malling area and so ideally situated to receive the Councils kerbside collected paper.
To mark the event Cllr Murray was invited to tour the mill. “It was an amazing sight to see the paper from the green box scheme being pulped and to realise that every tonne of paper recycled saves 17 trees. This means that residents in Tonbridge and Malling have saved over one million trees in the last 10 years,” she said.
The Aylesford Newsprint process requires good quality recovered paper to ensure that the end product meets the specification of newspaper publishing houses. The company grades the paper supplied by local authorities and waste management companies on a range of 0 (very poor) to 6 (very high quality). Over the past six months the quality of the paper supplied by Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council has achieved an average of 5.34, which puts it within Aylesford Newsprints top five suppliers.
Commenting on the excellent quality of paper supplied, Gemma Barratt, Area Manager for Aylesford Newsprint, said: “The paper that we receive from the Tonbridge and Malling kerbside collections is of an excellent quality. It is important that we work with our suppliers to ensure that their collection methods are practical and yet ensure low levels of contamination. Tonbridge and Malling have clearly worked hard to achieve this and that is reflected in the quality and quantity of paper processed here.”