GRADES OF WASTE PAPER

• • Coated Book Stock (CBS) (Grade #43)

  Consists of coated groundwood free paper, printed or unprinted in sheets, shavings, guillotined books and cuttings, guillotined books and cutting. A reasonable percentage of paper containing fine groundwood may be included.

  Prohibitive materials may not exceed	0%
  Total Outthrows may not exceed	2%

• • Coated Flyleaf Shavings (Grade #27)

  Consists of lightly printed trims from magazines, catalogs and similar printed matter, not limited with respect to groundwood, uncoated or coated stock. The bleed of cover, insert card stock and beater dyed paper may not exceed 2%.

  Prohibitive materials may not exceed	0%
  Total Outthrows may not exceed	1%

• • Coated Soft White Shaving (SWS) (Grade #28)

  Consists of unprinted, coated, and uncoated shavings and sheets of white groundwood free printing paper.May contain a small percentage of groundwood.

  Prohibitive materials may not exceed	0%
  Total Outthrows may not exceed	1%

• • Computer Print Out (CPO) & Laser Printed White Ledger (Grade # 42)

  CPO & Laser Printed White Ledger shall consist of laser printed white ledger and CPO (continuous Computer Print Outs) that can not be certified as laser free.
  In US it consists of white groundwood-free paper in forms manufactured for use in data processing machines. This grade may contain colored stripes and impact or non-impact (e.g. laser)computer printing, and may contain no more than 5% groundwood in the pack. All stock must be untreated and uncoated.

  Prohibitive materials may not exceed	0%
  Total Outthrows may not exceed	2%

• • Corrugated Container (OCC) (Grade #11)

  Consists of corrugated containers having liners of either test liner, jute or kraft.

  Prohibitive materials may not exceed	1%
  Total Outthrows may not exceed	5%

• • Double Sorted Corrugated Container (DS OCC) (Grade #12)

  Consists of double-sorted corrugated containers, generated from supermarkets and/or industrial or commercial facilities, having liners or test liner, jute, or kraft. Material has been specially sorted to be free of boxboard, offshore corrugated, plastic, and wax

  Prohibitive materials may not exceed	0.5 - 1%
  Total Outthrows may not exceed	2%

• • Hard Mixed Paper (HMP) - ISRI Grade #3

  Consist of a clean, sorted mixture of various qualities of paper containing less than 10% groundwood content.

  Prohibitive materials may not exceed	0.5 - 1%
  Total Outthrows may not exceed	3%

• • Hard White Envelope Cutting (HWEC) (Grade #31)

  Consists of groundwood free cuttings, shavings, or sheets of unprinted, untreated, and uncoated white envelope paper.

  Prohibitive materials may not exceed	0%
  Total Outthrows may not exceed	1%

• • Hard White Shaving (HWS) (Grade #30)

  Hard White shall consist of uncoated, unprinted, ground wood free white papers and cuttings. May include bond or ledger quality papers.Must be of direct pulp substitute quality.

• • Lightly Printed Bleached Board Cutting Grade #45

  Consists of groundwood free printed bleach board cutting, free from misprint sheets, cartons, wax, greaseproof lamination, metallic and inks, adhesives or coating that are insoluble.

  Prohibitive materials may not exceed	0.5 - 1%
  Total Outthrows may not exceed	2%

• • Lightly Printed Bleached Kraft (LPBK)

  Lightly Printed Bleached Kraft shall consist of lightly (one side, light ink coverage) printed bleached Kraft sheets, trimmings and folded materials. Must be free of groundwood fibers, foreign material laminates and water insoluble glues.

• • Magazines (OMG) Grade # 10

  Magazines shall consist of sorted magazines whole or shredded, must be free of hot melt glues or water un-soluble bindings, (staple bound materials acceptable). May include coated or uncoated groundwood Fibers.

  Prohibitive materials may not exceed	1%
  Total Outthrows may not exceed	3%

• • Mixed Paper (Grade #2)

  Consist of a clean sorted mixture of various grades of paper containing less than 10% of groundwood content..

  Prohibitive materials may not exceed	1%
  Total Outthrows may not exceed	3%

• • News (Grade #6)

  Consists of newspaper as typically generated from news drives and curbside collections.

  Prohibitive materials may not exceed	1%
  Total Outthrows may not exceed	5%

• • News Deink Quality (Grade #7 ONP)

  Consists of sorted, fresh newspapers, not sunburned, containing not more than the normal percentage of rotogravure and colored sections.May contain magazines.

  Prohibitive materials may not exceed	0%
  Total Outthrows may not exceed	0.25% - 1%

• • Old Magazine (OMG)

  Consists of coated magazines, catalogues, and similar printed materials.May contain a small percentage of uncoated news-type paper.

  Prohibitive materials may not exceed	1%
  Total Outthrows may not exceed	3%

• • Over Issue Newspaper OI or OIN (Grade #09)

  Over Issue News shall consist of loose or bundled pressroom over issues of newspapers. May not contain magazines, or color inserts. No Prohibitive permitted.

  Prohibitive materials may not exceed	0%
  Total Outthrows may not exceed	0%

• • Over Issue News (#9 ONP) - ISRI Grades

  Consists of unused, overrun newspapers printed on newsprint, containing not more than the normal percentage of rotogravure and colored sections.

  Prohibitive materials may not exceed	0%
  Total Outthrows may not exceed	0%

• • Sorted Office Paper (SOP) Grade #37

  Consists of paper typically generated by offices, containing primarily white and colored groundwood free paper, free of unbleached fiber.May include a small percent groundwood computer printout and facsimile paper.

  Prohibitive materials may not exceed	1%
  Total Outthrows may not exceed	5%

• • Sorted White Ledger (SWL) (Grade #40)

  Consists of uncoated, printed or unprinted sheets, shavings, guillotined books, and cuttings of white groundwood-free ledger, bond, writing, and other papers which has similar fiber and filler content

  Prohibitive materials may not exceed	0.5 - 1%
  Total Outthrows may not exceed	2%

• • Special News, De-ink Quality (#8 ONP) - ISRI Grades

  Consists of sorted, fresh newspapers, not sunburned, and other acceptable papers. This grade is to be relatively free from magazines and contain not more than the normal percentage of rotogravure and colored sections.

  Prohibitive materials may not exceed	1%
  Total Outthrows may not exceed	2%
  Other acceptable papers may not exceed	10%

• • Telephone Directories (Grade #23)

  Consists of clean telephone directories printed for or by telephone directory publishers.

  Prohibitive materials may not exceed	0%
  Total Outthrows may not exceed	0.5 - 1%

• • White Blank News (WBN) (Grade #24)

  Consists of unprinted cutting and sheets of white newsprint or other uncoated white groundwood paper of similar quality.

  Prohibitive materials may not exceed	0%
  Total Outthrows may not exceed	1%

• • White Ledger

  White Ledger shall consist of sorted, printed or unprinted white ledger or bond writing papers. Must be free of coated or groundwood fibers. Must be free of paper clips, elastic bands and other foreign materials.