In April 2017, all pupils of “Chiara e Francesco d’Assisi” Primary School, went to Mele, a little town close to Genoa.

We visited “The Museum of Paper “, an old house with a big wheel near a little river.

The guide told us that in the past a man, called “stracciaio”, used to go into the villages and collected old clothes and used fabrics.

In the paper mill the material was ground and mixed with water.

At the end they became large rolls of paper.

It was very interesting to discover this ancient method to make paper without cutting trees.

In this way it’s possible to recycle and respect Nature!