08 : 23 am |9th September 2010

7 Days in the life of your newspaper

Sunday

• Enjoy your Sunday newspaper

Monday

• Put your newspaper out to be recycled through your doorstep service
• May Gurney Environmental Services collects your recyclable materials including newspapers, glass, cans and textiles and sorts them out on the recycling trucks.
• May Gurney Environmental Services trucks take the materials to their depot and they are stored, awaiting collection.

Tuesday

• The newspaper is collected from May Gurney's depot and taken to Aylesford Newsprint.

Tuesday - Thursday

• Newspaper is fed into ‘giant’ pulpers.
• In the preparation plant the pulp is broken up, cleaned and any ink is removed.
• It goes onto a paper making machine, passing over presses and drying cylinders, at 60 miles per hour, to produce 100% recycled newsprint.

Friday

• Aylesford deliver the Renaissance recycled neprint to publishers throughout Europe.
• The jumbo reels weigh approximately 40 tonnes and are 9.2 metres wide.

Saturday

• Newspapers are printed using ‘Renaissance’ newsprint.

Sunday

The newspaper is delivered to your newsagent and back in your hands in time for breakfast.