Shotton goes 100% recycled

UPM-Kymmenes Shotton paper mill has completed the final conversion of its newsprint manufacturing process to 100% recycled fibre production.

The project, known as 100% Shotton, will increase the UKs recycling capacity by 30% and follows successful print trials for the companys 100% recycled newsprint sheets last month (PrintWeek, 23 October).

Shottons recycling capacity will increase to more than 700,000 tonnes of recovered paper a year through the investment.

Shottons recycled fibre pulp facility at its North Wales plant forms part of the 124m newsprint-recycling project, for which UPM-Kymmene received aid from the Waste Resources Action Programme.