Recovered Paper Grades – United Kingdom

Mixed Papers
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Mixed and various types of repulpable paper, cartons and board. Must not contain more than 10 percent
of news and pamps or wet strength materials.
Objectionable materials: Maximum 5 percent, but not including wax or bitumen.

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News and Pams

Newspapers and magazines free from latex backed or bound books, periodicals, telephone directories, or plastic laminated covers. The magazine content must not exceed 30 percent of each bale.
Objectionable materials: 2 percent.

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Book Quoir

Shavings, sheets and guillotined offcuts of white unbound book papers printed black only. No hard covers, bindings, bible papers, other heavily beaten papers, or coated papers. Maximum of 5 percent mechanical or thermo-mechanical fibres and a maximum of 5 percent coloured illustrations acceptable.
Objectionable materials: none (except binders, and cottons by agreement with individual mills).

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