This paper waste bedding...

[Valmetal Inc]

Shredded Paper makes an excellent, dry, absorbent bedding material for use on cow cubicles. Paper is shredded down to finger nail sized pieces of paper using a bedding chopper. Its also easily handled through a bedding chopper and is very absorbent. Paper-bed is very competitively priced and available in bulk loads across much of England and Wales. Typical usage rates 2.0kgs - 2.5kgs per cow cubicle per day.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Shredded Paper makes an excellent, dry, absorbent bedding material for use on cow cubicles. Paper is shredded down to finger nail sized pieces of paper using a bedding chopper. Its also easily handled through a bedding chopper and is very absorbent. Paper-bed is very competitively priced and available in bulk loads across much of England and Wales. Typical usage rates 2.0kgs - 2.5kgs per cow cubicle per day.

How much do you sell it for...

 

[Valmetal Inc]

the mills pay about £35 - 40 per tonne for recycled newspapers...so its a lot less than straw...it just needs to be chopped ....

 

[pine_guy]

the mills pay about £35 - 40 per tonne for recycled newspapers...so its a lot less than straw...it just needs to be chopped ....

Just to be clear, what you are talking about is shredded newspaper, which is what goes into paper mills. I think the original poster was talking about paper pulp, which is what comes out of the mill as a by-product of making the paper. It can be used moist as it comes out of the mill, or it can be dried.

 

[brigadoon]

Son has just been looking at this - apparently you need a licence form SEPA to get it issued free.

You also need a licence to spread it which is £600?

 

[pine_guy]

Son has just been looking at this - apparently you need a licence form SEPA to get it issued free.

You also need a licence to spread it which is £600?

Paper pulp, shredded newspapers or the plasterboard paper?

 

[brigadoon]

Paper pulp, shredded newspapers or the plasterboard paper?

Not too sure to be honest son is dealing with it as I am offshore.

 

[Pebd99]

Paper pulp, shredded newspapers or the plasterboard paper?

Paper pulp needs a sepa licence to spread but most of the paper I get for field spreading is soaking already

 

[pine_guy]

You need a U8 exemption to take it in for animal bedding in England, free to register. But then most will have this as you need it for using sawdust for bedding and having end of life tyres to weight down the silage pit. No mention that I could find about spreading it once it has been used for bedding in the exemptions I could find. Might need a U10 or another one if you are direct land spreading. If you want to spread in large quantities, then you might have to apply for a specific licence.

 

[pine_guy]

Paper pulp needs a sepa licence to spread but most of the paper I get for field spreading is soaking already

It is often soaking when I put it in for bedding, you'll be amazed what it can absorb, my last load was too wet, water easily squeezed out with light pressure in the hand, I complained, as main problem is you are buying water and get less volume for your purchase, but amazing how well it bedded.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

It is often soaking when I put it in for bedding, you'll be amazed what it can absorb, my last load was too wet, water easily squeezed out with light pressure in the hand, I complained, as main problem is you are buying water and get less volume for your purchase, but amazing how well it bedded.

Surely if you’re buying it by the ton you want it bone dry...

 

[pine_guy]

Surely if you’re buying it by the ton you want it bone dry...

It comes out the factory through a screw press or similar, all factories by-product are slightly different in structure and moisture, but most are around +\- 50% moisture I think. Then every now and the the factories break down and when they start up they pump out wet slop I'm told. Or someone changes a setting, who knows where, and it comes out wetter/dryer.
People do dry it, but then it's a premium product and the price tag is a lot higher.