Our Production Process

We hire local people and work with local businesses to collect waste paper from across West Africa and have it transported to our paper mill.

Once the waste paper has arrived at the mill, it gets sorted by our recycling experts. Our experts sort and categorise the different types of waste paper, with the parts that can’t be used being recycled into egg cartons.

The parts which can be used then move onto the pulping process.

The main step of the waste paper pulping process is purification: removing the printing ink, padding, coating, chemicals, fine fibres, and other impurities. 

From there, the waste paper pulp production process includes pulping, screening, deslagging, flotation, washing, dispersion, and bleaching.

Once the waste paper is pulped, it starts to get turned into the type of paper you use every day. We do this through spreading the pulp, pressing, drying, and rolling it, and then cutting it into sheets.

The finished paper is reeled in empty spools, and unloaded once the paper roll reaches approximately 2.0 to 2.5 metres. The diameter of the paper roll depends on our customers’ requirements, such as reel or sheet order, as well as any specific quality requirements they have.

We ensure product quality by testing samples in our quality control lab for criteria such as smoothness, strength, and diameter. Then, if necessary, we adjust the product accordingly until our quality standards are met.

Once the quality is perfect, we convert the paper into the required customer sizes and pack it ready for transfer to our warehouse, where our couriers will pick it up and bring it directly to our customers.