Hemyock: Hemyock Men Recycled

Nowadays, we are all aware that we need to reduce our impact upon the environment, whether as businesses or consumers. Hemyock Men had a close up visit to one of the clearest examples of re-use of materials when they visited the St Regis recycled paper mill in Cullompton. Every year St Regis mills take in c. 1.3 million tonnes of used cardboard and paper and turn it into high quality recycled paper products. Which means that they are one of the biggest recycling operations in Europe. All of their products are 100% recycled and 100% recyclable. In fact, the recycling loop is so efficient that the fibres in one corrugated box can be used to make another within 14 days!

Higher Kings Mill is a specialist manufacturer of recycled coloured papers and boards. Its products are used widely in educational establishments throughout the UK and in the stationery market. Diversity is the name of the game at Higher Kings - it makes as many as 800 grades and colours of paper and board. The total annual production capacity of the mill is around 35,000 tonnes; around 100 tonnes of paper per day.

Jason Emery is the Engineering Manager at the Mill and gave the Men a fascinating talk on the background to the company and the recycling process before showing them around the plant which operates for 24 hours per day. Steven Reed, the group’s coordinator, said that the visit gave the men a real insight into the recycling manufacturing process and the scale of waste paper being produced by society. He also noted that water seen flowing in the Culm River at Hemyock found its way into the recycling process just hours later at the St Regis Mill.
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Part on the group on the tour.

Hemyock Men Recycled

Saturday, July 25 2009 @ 09:27 PM BST