Maybe it’s ____ that in our modern world of mobile ____ and computer screens, more and more paper is being used every year. We still need paper for our ____, books, and the paper we write on, as well as all the ____ for the food we eat and the things we buy in shops. Around the world, ____ than one million tons of paper is ____ every day. And, every year, 400 ____ tons of paper is produced. Paper has been used in ____ for nearly 2,000 years. But it didn’t come to ____ until about 1150. Making paper isn’t hard. In ____, you can make your own paper. It can be made from many ____ things including fabric and ____. Some people still ____ paper by hand But most paper is ____ in factories called mills using wood ____ trees. The wood is cut up and ____ with water and chemicals to make ‘pulp’. This ____ is dried and sold to other mills to ____ paper. This is the Lake District in the north of ____. It’s a national park with many ____ lakes and forests. And just outside the Lake ____, near the town of Kendal, is Burneside Mills, one of the ____ paper mills in England. Paper has been made ____ since the mid-1700s. The mill was built here because there were a lot of ____ and water in this area. James Cropper PLC are paper makers. It’s a ____ business and they’ve made paper at ____ Mills since 1845. The company buys pulp ____ countries like Spain and ____, and turn it into high-quality paper. Firstly, they add water to the pulp. The ____ is beaten and churned in huge ____ until it turns into a smooth milky liquid. ‘Fillers’ and ‘sizing agents’ are ____ to the pulp. These give the finished paper its ____, strength and consistency. Then the water is ____ out of the pulp by huge ____. The paper is stretched and ____ to remove all the water and ____ the sheet. The paper is dried. This ____ all traces of moisture. Finally, it’s cut into different sizes. The ____ is then ready to be packaged and shipped to its ____ destination. Paper is essential to ____ living, but a lot of trees have to be cut down to ____ paper. It is estimated that 24 trees are cut down to make a ton of printing and ____ paper. The process also needs a huge ____ of water and uses some dangerous chemicals. ____, this is potentially very ____ for the environment. Recycled paper can be ____ into pulp. This means that more paper can be made ____ destroying any more trees. Good news for the ____, and for us. So next time you go to print out an email or a ____, take a moment to think whether it’s really ____. Even a small change can make a big ____

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