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1853 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 30 Apr. 287/2 They no longer give the waste blue-books and envelopes to their messengers, but have them repulped, and made into paper.

1872 N.Y. Times 16 Mar. 5/2 All the waste from the cuttings is sold to the paper manufacturers, and after being repulped appears as printing paper of a superior quality.

1929 San Mateo (Calif.) Times 9 Aug. 9/8 Papermakers who repulp the sheets so gathered.

1950 Science Mar. 283/1 The precipitated gypsum was filtered off, washed with hot water, and then repulped with hot water, filtered, and washed again.

1987 G. Judd in K. A. Gutschick Lime for Environmental Uses 98 The method used to determine complete carbonation was to filter the sample and repulp the filter cake.

2007 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 24 July 34 At the mill the paper is dissolved in water and repulped before being cleaned.

1891 Chambers's Encycl. (rev. ed.) VII. 739/2 The process has..been brought extensively into use of late years, old newspapers and books forming much of the material for repulping.

2003 Courier Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 2 Dec. (Headstart section) 104 Paper is collected, sorted, and then pulped. Small amounts of caustic soda, sodium sillicate [sic] and hydrogen peroxide are added to help with the repulping.