The digger lurches in the darkness, shredded paper billowingaround it like snow.
In a giant barn near Oldmeldrum, a new industry is in full swing.
A lorry is being loaded with 27 tonnes of waste paper, ready tomake its three-times-a-week trip to Wales.
As it gets ready to leave on its 400-mile journey, a smaller onearrives with waste paper uplifted from the streets of Ellon.
This is just some of the 11,000 tonnes of paper now beingrecycled in Aberdeenshire every year.
The council formerly paid to dispose of its waste paper but thepressure to be green has made recycled paper a valuable commodity.
Now Aberdeenshire Council has three "bulking …
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