The chart illustrates how paper is recycled.
Overall, it is 6 stage, man-made, linear process. The process begins with the collection of waste paper from the public and businesses, and with production of usable paper in the final stage.
At the initial stage waste paper is collected from public paper banks and from different kind of businesses, then gathered waste paper is sent to the sorting by hand stage where the paper is graded as suitable and unsuitable, the latest one is removed and is not sent further. Afterwards, there is a transportation stage where the sorted paper is delivered to paper mill.
Then comes cleaning procedure where other materials, such as staples, are removed , cleaned and pulped. Then the mass is goes through the de-inking stage with removing glues and inks from the paper. These two stages both about making the paper clean and preparing it for the final stage of the paper recycling process. In the last paper making machine stage usable paper is manufactured.