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Recovered
Paper (Waste Paper) Grades - United Kingdom
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GRADE #
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SPECIFICATIONS
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1
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Best White Shavings No.2
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White
Printing or writing papers, shavings and off cuts white
envelope cuttings, banks, bonds, suphate boards and bleached
krafts, free from mechanical and thermo chemical fibres,
laminates and any sort of adhesive varnishes or wet strength
chemicals. May contain a maximum of 30# coating or filler, but
no print other than small register marks.
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2
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White Heavy Letter
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White writing
paper lightly printed on one side but which can be typed or
written on both sides. Free from coatings ,manila file covers,
binders envelopes, plan papers, heavily-loaded papers or
printing by thermo graphic or xerographic processes. White
cheque waste either in trim form or shredded is not acceptable,
nor are azure dyed, well beaten papers , tax forms, circular
printed letters.
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May contain
white woodfree sulphate boards, lightly printed on one side and
can include up to 5% mechanical or thermo-mechanical fibres and
5% carbonless copy paper. Laser or heat print up to 10% per bale
is acceptable.
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3
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Tear White Shavings
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Shavings,
sheets and guillotined off cuts of white unbound book papers
printed black only. No hard covers , bindings, bible papers,
other heavily beaten papers or coated papers ..Maximum of 5%
mechanical or thermo mechanical fibres and a maximum of 5% colored
illustrations acceptable.
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4
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Colored Heavy Letter (UK
Schedule)
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Colored writing
paper lightly printed on one side or typed or written on both
sides. May also contain woodfree sulphate boards printed on one
side only. Free from manila file covers, binders, envelopes,
plan papers, heavily loaded papers, deep dyed or well-beaten
papers and printed circular letters or any thermo chemical or
xerographic print .Up to 10% mechanical or thermo-mechanical
fibres may be included, cheque waste may also be included by
agreement.
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5
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Overissued News
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Unsold
newspapers free from pins ,coated or sized papers, paper
containing water retardant chemicals. Maximum of 5% lightly dyed
newsprint and supplements (provided they are stapled) may be
included by included by agreement with the mill.
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6
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Overissue Pams
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Overissue
periodicals or magazines printed on mechanical coated or
uncoated papers, stapled but not bound in latex glue. Free from
plastic laminated or varnished covers. May contain a maximum of
dyed paper by agreement.
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7
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Woody One-Cuts
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Shavings of
newsprint or other mechanical papers, lightly printed. May
contain maximum 10% colored print but not dyed paper. Must not
contain latex tips or other bindings or magazines trim. May
contain coated papers and some woodfree trim by agreement.
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8
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Coloured Best Pams
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White or colored
coated or uncoated periodicals and brochures free from
nonflexible covers, bindings, varnishes, non-disperable inks and
adhesives, poster papers, labels or label trim. May include
heavily printed circulars and colored Shavings.
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9
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Multi grade
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A mixture of
various papers whose overall appearance must be bright and
light. May contain 25% Colored Best Pams in each bale. The
remainder consisting of 25% Colored Heavy Letter/Colored
Continuous Forms/Colored NCR or a mixture of these grades,
together with 25% Woodfree Colored shavings and minimum of 15%
White Heavy Letter or wood free Book quire. The rest of bale may
be made up of thermo-mechanical fibres up to a maximum of 10%.
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Should be free
from all latex binders. Self-adhesive labels and other
contraries. He above percentage may be varied by agreement with
the buyer.
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10
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UK Office Pack
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This grade
consists of mixture of various papers but the overall appearance
must be bright and light. This principal components of the
woodfree office pack will be. While heavy letter, computer
printout, best white no.1 and 2, woodfree shavings colored heavy
letter, allowing a maximum 15% coated woodfree (defined as
woodfree pams and colored best pams).
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In addition to
above the woodfree office pack can include up to 10% mechanicals
which will consist of mechanical computer printout and
mechanical magazines. There should be no more than 1% unbleached
papers i.e. packaging, brown envelope, brown files. This grade
should also be free newsprint, telephone directories, adhesive
labels, wet strength plastic, metals and other contraries.
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11
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Container Waste - Old KLS
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Used printed or
unprinted cardboard boxes and solid fibreboard boxes. The
proportion of solid board should not exceed 10% per bale. May
contain minimum of adhesive tape.
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12
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News and Pams
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Newspapers and
magazines free from latex backed or bound books , periodicals,
telephone directories , or plastic laminated covers. The
magazines content should not exceed 30% of each bale.
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13
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Mixed Papers (UK Schedule)
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Mixed and
various types of re-pulpable paper , cartons and board .Should
not contain more than 10% news and pams or wet strength
materials.
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14
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Mixed Waste Paper (Unsorted)
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Including
unsorted consolidated material from households, no guarantee of
absence of unusable materials.
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15
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Mixed Papers and
Boards(Unsorted)
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A mixture of
various grades of paper and board , without restriction on short
fiber contents.
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16
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Mixed Paper and Boards(Sorted)
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A Mixture of
various qualities of paper and board , containing less than 40%
of News papers and magazines.
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