The sheer scale of Broxbourne is visible from the M25 in HerfordshirePhotograph: News InternationalGiant paper rolls, each weighing up to two tonnes, wait silently for the computer to press them into service. The plant will use 330,000 tonnes of paper each yearPhotograph: News InternationalThe blue strips on each paper roll is double sided sticky tape to attach the paper to the exhausted roll that goes before it in the pressesPhotograph: News International
All discarded paper is recycled, in line with News International policy to become carbon neutral in 2008Photograph: News InternationalMost newsprint is sourced from ScandinaviaPhotograph: News InternationalMoving rolls of newsprintPhotograph: News InternationalPrinting pressesPhotograph: News InternationalNewsprint on the pressesPhotograph: News InternationalAt high speed, the output of News International employees such as Christina Lamb, Matthew Parris and Carole Malone, as well as Page 3 girl Keeley Hazell, look like multicoloured waterfalls of paperPhotograph: News InternationalFolded papers emerging from the pressPhotograph: News InternationalThe print control room look out over the massive presses, while workers check copies for errorsPhotograph: News InternationalPutting plates on the pressPhotograph: News InternationalView of the printing pressPhotograph: News InternationalBundles of papersPhotograph: News InternationalBundles of papersPhotograph: News InternationalPrinted newspapersPhotograph: News InternationalBundles of newspapers emerge from the pressPhotograph: News InternationalA palette of newspapersPhotograph: News InternationalOne of the few non-automated tasks involves moving the palettes of newspaper on to trucksPhotograph: News International
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