There are several waste or recovered paper guidelines, glossaries, or terminologies available, but comparing recovered paper grades is almost impossible because there is no universal or global terminological system for defining waste paper grades. The same term has different meanings depending on regions and, to make the matter worse, different terms have the same meaning depending on who is communicating with who and from which part of the world.
If waste paper buyers and suppliers do not use the same definition, then communication becomes difficult, and complications can arise. To make the situation somewhat better, we have attempted to compare the waste paper grades as defined by ISRI, CEPI, and ACOR. ISRI or Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries’ recovered paper guidelines are mostly followed in North America, while CEPI or Confederation of European Paper Industries’ guidelines are for the European markets. ACOR or Australian Council of Recycling’s waste paper guidelines are followed in Australia.
Generic Name | Particulars | ISRI PS-2018 North America |
CEPI EN 643 - 2013 Europe |
ACOR - Australia |
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Group 1 - Ordinary Grades (CEPI categorization) | ||||
Corrugated Paper and Board Wastes |
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Corrugated Paper and Board Packaging |
ISRI (3): Hard Mixed Paper |
Code: |
Not applicable |
1.04.00 |
AuRPS HM- 02 |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
None |
None |
May not exceed 1% |
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
None |
None |
High wet strength papers May not exceed 3% |
|
Description: |
None |
Used paper and board packaging, containing a minimum of 70% of corrugated board, the rest being other packaging papers and boards |
Consists of a mixture of various qualities of paper and paperboard that contains a high percentage of corrugated and folding carton boards with no limit as to other fiber content. |
|
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Ordinary Corrugated Paper and Board |
No corresponding grade |
|
Code: |
Not applicable |
1.04.01 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
Used paper and board packaging, containing a minimum of 70% of corrugated board, the rest being other paper and board products. |
None |
|
Grade Name: |
Double-Sorted Old Corrugated (DS OCC) |
Corrugated Paper and Board |
Premium OCC |
|
Code: |
Grade 12 DS OCC (PS#12) |
1.04.02 |
AuRPS PCC- 12 |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
May not exceed 0.5% |
None |
May not exceed 0.25% |
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 2% |
None |
May not exceed 3%, including the following materials:
|
Description: |
Consists of double-sorted corrugated containers, generated from supermarkets and/or industrial or commercial facilities, having liners of test liner or kraft. Material has been specially sorted to be free of boxboard, off-shore corrugated, plastic, and wax. |
Used paper and board packaging, containing a minimum of 80% of corrugated board, the rest being other paper and board products. |
Sorted single and/ or double lined kraft cardboard Material has been specifically sorted to be free of boxboard, off- shore corrugated, plastic and wax. |
Old Corrugated Containers (OCC) |
Grade Name: |
Old Corrugated Containers (OCC) |
Ordinary Corrugated Board |
ISRI (11): Corrugated Containers (OCC) |
Code: |
Grade 11 OCC (PS#11) |
1.05.00 |
AuRPS OCC- 11 |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
May not exceed 1% |
None |
May not exceed 1% |
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 5% |
None |
May not exceed 5%, including the following materials:
|
|
Description: |
Consists of corrugated containers having liners of either test liner or kraft. |
Used boxes and sheets of corrugated board of various qualities, may include 10% of other packaging papers and boards |
Consists of used corrugated cardboard boxes having liners of either test liner, or kraft. May include folding cartons, and similar boxboard products |
|
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Corrugated Board |
No corresponding grade |
|
Code: |
Not applicable |
1.05.01 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
Used boxes and sheets of corrugated board of various qualities, may include 5% of other packaging papers and boards. |
None |
Unsold Magazines |
Grade Name: |
Magazines (OMG) |
Magazines |
ISRI (10): Magazines (OMG) |
Code: |
Grade 10 OMG (PS#10) |
1.06.00 |
AuRPS MAG-10 |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
May not exceed 1% |
None |
May not exceed 0.25% |
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 3% |
None |
May not exceed 0.5%, including the following materials:
|
|
Description: |
Consists of coated magazines, catalogues, and similar printed materials. May contain a small percentage of uncoated news-type paper. |
Magazines with or without glue |
Consists of sorted baled coated magazines, catalogues, and similar printed materials. May contain a small percentage of uncoated news- type paper as typically generated in this grade. |
Unsold Magazines without Glue |
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Magazines without Glue |
No corresponding grade |
Code: |
Not applicable |
1.06.01 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
Magazines without glue |
None |
|
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Magazines with Product Samples |
No corresponding grade |
|
Code: |
Not applicable |
1.06.02 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
Magazines, with or without glue, may contain non-paper components as attached product samples. |
None |
Mixed Newspapers and Magazines I |
Grade Name: |
Sorted Residential Papers & News (SRPN) |
No corresponding grade |
Soft Mixed |
Code: |
Grade 56 SRPN |
Not applicable |
AuRPS SM- 01 |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
May not exceed 2% |
None |
May not exceed 2% |
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 3% |
None |
High wet strength papers and PLA- coated LPB May not exceed 5% |
|
Description: |
Consists of sorted newspapers, junk mail, magazines, printing and writing papers and other acceptable papers generated from residential programs (such as residential household and apartment collections and drop-off centers) sorted and processed at a recycling facility. Material should be free of containerboard and brown grades (OCC, Kraft bags, boxboard and Kraft carrier board). |
None |
Consists of a mixture of various qualities of paper that contains a high percentage of old newspapers and coloured advertising inserts with no limit as to other fiber content. |
Mixed Newspapers and Magazines II |
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Newspapers and Magazines |
No corresponding grade |
Code: |
Not applicable |
1.09.00 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
Mixture of newspapers and magazines (predominantly unsold) each of them with a minimum of 30%. |
None |
Sorted Graphic Paper for Deinking |
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Mixed Magazines and Newspapers |
No corresponding grade |
Code: |
Not applicable |
1.10 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
A mixture of newspapers and magazines, containing a minimum of 60% of magazines, with or without glue. |
None |
Sorted Graphic Paper for Deinking |
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Sorted Graphic Paper for Deinking |
No corresponding grade |
Code: |
Not applicable |
1.11.00 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
Sorted graphic paper, consisting of a minimum of 80% newspapers and magazines. It must contain at least 30% newspapers and 40% magazines. Print products which are not suitable for deinking are limited to 1.5%. |
None |
Group 2 - Medium Grades (CEPI categorization) | ||||
Unsold Newspapers |
Grade Name: |
Sorted Clean News (SCN) |
Unsold Newspapers Not Intended for Deinking |
News, De- inked Quality #8 |
Code: |
Grade 58 SCN (PS#8) |
2.02.00 |
AuRPS KNP- 08 |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
May not exceed 0.5% |
None |
Including insoluble adhesives and high strength material that May not exceed 0.25% |
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 1% |
None |
May not exceed 0.5%, including the following materials:
|
|
Description: |
Consists of sorted newspapers from source separated collection programs, converters, drop-off centers and paper drives containing the normal percentages of roto gravure, colored and coated sections. May contain inserts that would normally be included in the newspaper in the proper proportions. Grade must be free of excessive ink, brown grades and non-paper material. (Some mills may require pack to be free of flexographic inks.) |
Unsold newspapers, which may contain inserts originally circulated with the publication. No additional inserts allowed. Paper products not suitable for deinking are allowed. |
Sourced form-Printing houses, Publishers, Kerbside. |
Unsold Newspapers, No Flexographic Printing Allowed |
Grade Name: |
Over-Issue News (OI or OIN) |
Unsold Newspapers |
Over Issue News #9 |
Code: |
Grade 9 OIN (PS#9) |
2.02.01 |
AuRPS OIN- 09 |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
None permitted |
None |
No prohibitive materials are permitted |
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
None permitted |
None |
No out throws are permitted |
|
Description: |
Consists of unused, overrun newspapers printed on newsprint, containing not more than the normal percentage of rotogravure and colored sections. |
Unsold newspapers, which may contain inserts originally circulated with the publication. No additional inserts allowed. |
Sourced from Printing houses, Publishers. Consists of unused
overrun newspapers that was printed on newsprint, baled or
securely tied in bundles. |
Sorted Office Paper |
Grade Name: |
Sorted Office Paper (SOP) |
Ordinary Sorted Office Paper |
Office Pack #1 |
Code: |
Grade 37 SOP (PS#37) |
2.05.00 |
AuRPS OP1- 37 |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
May not exceed 1% |
None |
May not exceed 0.5%, including the following materials:
|
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 5% |
None |
May not exceed 2%, including the following materials:
|
|
Description: |
Consists of paper, as typically generated by offices, containing primarily white and colored groundwood-free paper, free of unbleached fiber. May include a small percentage of groundwood computer printout and facsimile paper. |
Paper, as typically generated by offices, shredded or unshredded, printed, may contain coloured papers, with a minimum 60% woodfree paper, free of carbon and principally free from carbonless copy paper (CCP)/no carbon required (NCR), less than 10% unbleached fibres including manila envelopes and file covers, less than 5% newspapers and packaging. |
Consists of more than 95% uncoated papers, as typically
generated by offices and printers. |
|
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Sorted Office Paper |
No corresponding grade |
|
Code: |
Not applicable |
2.05.01 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
Paper, as typically generated by offices, shredded or unshredded, printed, may contain coloured papers, with a minimum 80% woodfree paper, free of carbon and principally free from carbonless copy paper (CCP)/no carbon required (NCR), less than 5% unbleached fibres including manila envelopes and file covers. |
None |
Coloured Letters |
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Ordinary Sorted Coloured Letters |
Office Pack #2 |
Code: |
Not applicable |
2.06.00 |
AuRPS OP2- 38 |
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Prohibitive Materials: |
None |
None |
May not exceed 0.5%, including the following materials:
|
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
None |
None |
May not exceed 2%, including the following materials:
|
|
Description: |
None |
Paper, as typically generated by offices, shredded or unshredded, lightly printed, mass coloured paper allowed, but no deep coloured papers, with a minimum of 70% woodfree paper, free of carbon and principally free of carbonless copy paper (CCP)/no carbon required (NCR), free of manila envelopes, file covers, newspapers and cardboard. |
Consists of more than 70% uncoated and less than 30% coated
papers, as typically generated by offices and printers. |
|
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Sorted Office Paper |
No corresponding grade |
|
Code: |
Not applicable |
2.06.01 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
Paper, as typically generated by offices, shredded or unshredded, lightly printed, mass coloured paper allowed, but no deep coloured papers, with a minimum of 90% woodfree paper, free of carbon and principally free of carbonless copy paper (ccp)/no carbon required (NCR), free of manila envelopes, file covers, newspapers and cardboard. |
None |
White Woodfree Books |
Grade Name: |
Sorted White Ledger (SWL) |
White Woodfree Bookquire |
Sorted White |
Code: |
Grade 40 SWL (PS#40) |
2.07.00 |
AuRPS SWL- 40 |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
May not exceed 0.5% |
None |
May not exceed 0.25%, including the following materials:
|
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 2% |
None |
May not exceed 2%, including the following materials:
|
|
Description: |
Consists of uncoated, printed or unprinted sheets, shavings, guillotined books, and cuttings of white groundwood-free ledger, bond, writing, and other paper which has similar fiber and filler content. |
Books or their shavings, without hard covers, mainly of white woodfree paper, mainly black printed, containing a maximum of 10% coated paper |
Consists of uncoated printed or unprinted sheets, trim,
guillotined books, and cuttings of white ground wood free
ledger, bond, writing, and all other papers that have a
similar fibre and filler content. |
|
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
White Mechanical Pulp-Based Bookquire |
No corresponding grade |
|
Code: |
Not applicable |
2.07.01 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
Books or their shavings mainly of white mechanical pulp-based paper, without hard covers, mainly black printed, containing a maximum of 10%. |
None |
Carbonless Copy Paper |
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Multigrade |
No corresponding grade |
Code: |
Not applicable |
2.13.00 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
A blend of coloured and white letters, coloured woodfree magazines and other woodfree papers and shavings. Free from newsprint but 10% of other wood containing papers are permitted. May contain 2% paper with plastic layer. |
None |
|
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Coloured Log End Tissue |
No corresponding grade |
|
Code: |
Not applicable |
2.14.00 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
Unused coloured tissue including soft cores. May contain printed material. |
None |
|
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
White Log End Tissue |
No corresponding grade |
|
Code: |
Not applicable |
2.14.01 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
Unused white tissue including soft cores. May contain printed material. |
None |
Group 3 - High Grades (CEPI categorization) | ||||
Woodfree Binders |
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Woodfree Binders |
No corresponding grade |
Code: |
Not applicable |
3.03.00 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
White woodfree lightly printed shavings with glue, free from paper coloured in the mass. May contain 2% paper with plastic layer and a maximum of 10% of mechanical pulp based paper. |
None |
|
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Special Woodfree Binders |
No corresponding grade |
|
Code: |
Not applicable |
3.03.01 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
White woodfree lightly printed shavings with glue, free from paper coloured in the mass. Plastic layered and mechanical pulp-based papers not permitted. |
None |
White Woodfree Letters |
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
White Woodfree Letters |
No corresponding grade |
Code: |
Not applicable |
3.05.00 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
Sorted uncoated white wood free printing and writing papers, printed, free from cash books, carbon paper and non-water-soluble adhesives. May contain 5% mechanical pulp-based paper. |
None |
|
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
White Woodfree Letters Unprinted |
No corresponding grade |
|
Code: |
Not applicable |
3.05.01 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
Sorted uncoated white woodfree printing and writing papers, unprinted, free from carbon paper, carbonless paper (NCR) and non-water-soluble adhesives. |
None |
White Woodfree Computer Print-Out |
Grade Name: |
Groundwood Computer Printout (GW CPO) |
White Woodfree Computer Print-Out |
No corresponding grade |
Code: |
Grade 25 GW CPO |
3.07 |
Not applicable |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
None permitted |
None |
None |
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 2% |
None |
None |
|
Description: |
Consists of groundwood papers which are used in forms manufactured for use in data processing machines. This grade may contain colored stripes and impact or nonimpact (e.g., laser) computer printing. |
White woodfree computer print-out free form carbonless paper and glue. |
None |
Multi Printing |
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Multi Printing |
No corresponding grade |
Code: |
Not applicable |
3.10.00 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
Lightly printed woodfree coated papers in sheets or trim, free from wet-strength paper and from paper coloured in the mass. |
None |
|
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Medium Printed Multi Printing |
No corresponding grade |
|
Code: |
Not applicable |
3.10.01 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
Medium and heavily printed woodfree coated papers in sheets or trim, free from wet-strength paper and from paper coloured in the mass. |
None |
White Heavily Printed Multiply Board |
Grade Name: |
Lightly Printed Bleached Board Cuttings |
White Heavily Printed Multiply Board |
No corresponding grade |
Code: |
Grade 45 |
3.11.00 |
Not applicable |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
May not exceed 0.5% |
None |
None |
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 2% |
None |
None |
|
Description: |
Consists of groundwood-free printed bleached board cuttings, free from misprint sheets, cartons, wax, greaseproof lamination, metallic, and inks, adhesives or coatings that are insoluble. |
New cuttings of heavily printed white multiply board, containing woodfree or wood containing plies, but without grey and brown plies. |
None |
|
Grade Name: |
Printed Bleached Board |
Mixed White Heavily Printed Multiply Board |
No corresponding grade |
|
Code: |
Grade 46 |
3.11.01 |
Not applicable |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
May not exceed 1% |
None |
None |
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 2% |
None |
None |
|
Description: |
Consists of groundwood-free misprint sheets, cartons and cuttings of bleached board, free from wax, greaseproof lamination, metallic, and inks, adhesives or coatings that are insoluble. |
New cuttings of heavily printed white multiply board, containing woodfree or wood containing plies, with a maximum of 20% grey and brown plies. |
None |
White Coated Woodfree Paper, without Glue |
Grade Name: |
Publication Blanks (CPB) |
White Coated Woodfree Paper |
No corresponding grade |
Code: |
Grade 26 CPB |
3.16.00 |
Not applicable |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
None permitted |
None |
None |
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 1% |
None |
None |
|
Description: |
Consists of unprinted cuttings or sheets of white coated or filled groundwood content paper. |
Shavings and sheets of white unprinted woodfree coated paper without glue. |
None |
|
Grade Name: |
White Blank News (WBN) |
White Woodfree Papers |
No corresponding grade |
|
Code: |
Grade 24 WBN (PS#24) |
3.16.01 |
Not applicable |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
None permitted |
None |
None |
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 1% |
None |
None |
|
Description: |
Consists of unprinted cuttings and sheets of white newsprint or other uncoated white groundwood paper of similar quality. |
Shavings and sheets of white unprinted woodfree coated and uncoated papers without glue. |
None |
White Woodfree Shavings |
Grade Name: |
Hard White Shavings (HWS) |
White Woodfree Shavings |
No corresponding grade |
Code: |
Grade 30 HWS (PS#30) |
3.18.00 |
Not applicable |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
None permitted |
None |
None |
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 0.5% |
None |
None |
|
Description: |
Consists of shavings or sheets of unprinted, untreated white groundwood-free paper. |
Shavings and sheets of white unprinted woodfree paper, may contain a maximum of 5% of coated paper. without glue. |
None |
White Woodfree Uncoated Shavings |
Grade Name: |
Coated Soft White Shavings (SWS) |
White Woodfree Uncoated Shavings |
No corresponding grade |
Code: |
Grade 28 SWS (PS#28) |
3.18.01 |
Not applicable |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
None permitted |
None |
None |
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 1% |
None |
None |
|
Description: |
Consists of unprinted, coated, and uncoated shavings and sheets of white groundwood-free printing paper. May contain a small percentage of groundwood. |
Shavings and sheets of white unprinted woodfree paper, free from coated paper. without glue. |
None |
|
Grade Name: |
Hard White Envelope Cuttings (HWEC) |
White Envelope Cuttings |
No corresponding grade |
|
Code: |
Grade 31 HWEC (PS#31) |
3.18.02 |
Not applicable |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
None permitted |
None |
None |
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 0.5% |
None |
None |
|
Description: |
Consists of groundwood-free cuttings, shavings, or sheets of unprinted, untreated, and uncoated white envelope paper. |
Shavings and sheets of white unprinted woodfree paper, free from coated paper. May contain some glue. |
None |
|
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Unprinted Tissue Coloured in the Mass |
No corresponding grade |
|
Code: |
Not applicable |
3.20.00 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
Unused unprinted tissue coloured in the mass free of packaging materials. |
None |
|
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
White Unprinted Tissue |
No corresponding grade |
|
Code: |
Not applicable |
3.20.01 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
Unused white unprinted tissue free from packaging materials. |
None |
Group 4 - Kraft Grades (CEPI categorization) | ||||
Unused Corrugating Material |
Grade Name: |
New Double-Lined Kraft Corrugated Cuttings (DLK) |
Unused Corrugated Material |
Corrugated Clippings |
Code: |
Grade 13 DLK (PS#13) |
4.01.02 |
AuRPS CC- 13 |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
None permitted |
None |
No Prohibitive Materials: are permitted |
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 2% |
None |
May not exceed 2%, including the following materials:
|
|
Description: |
Consists of new corrugated cuttings having liners of either test liner or kraft. Treated medium or liners, insoluble adhesives, butt rolls, slabbed or hogged medium, are not acceptable in this grade. |
Unused boxes, sheets and shavings of corrugated board, with liners of kraft or testliner. |
Consists of new corrugated sheets and trim generated in the manufacture of corrugated cartons containing liners of either text liner or kraft. |
Used Kraft Sacks with Poly-Coated Papers |
Grade Name: |
Used Brown Kraft |
Used Kraft Sacks with Polycoated Papers |
No corresponding grade |
Code: |
Grade 15 |
4.04.01 |
Not applicable |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
None permitted |
None |
No prohibitive materials are permitted |
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 0.5% |
None |
None |
|
Description: |
Consists of brown kraft bags free of objectionable liners and original contents. |
Clean used kraft sacks. Wet-strength and nonwet-strength. May include polycoated papers. |
None |
Unused Kraft Sacks with Polycoated Papers |
Grade Name: |
Carrier Stock(KCB) |
Unused Kraft Sacks with Polycoated Papers |
No corresponding grade |
Code: |
Grade 17 (PS#17) |
4.05.01 |
Not applicable |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
None permitted |
None |
None |
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 1% |
None |
None |
|
Description: |
Consists of printed or unprinted, unbleached new beverage carrier sheets and cuttings. May contain wet strength additives. |
Unused kraft sacks. Wet-strength and non wet-strength, may include polycoated papers. |
None |
Group 5 - Special Grades (CEPI categorization) | ||||
Mixed Recovered Paper and Board |
Grade Name: |
Mixed Paper (MP) |
Mixed Papers |
No corresponding grade |
Code: |
Grade 54 |
5.01.01 |
Not applicable |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
May not exceed 2% |
None |
None |
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 3% |
None |
None |
|
Description: |
Consists of all paper and paperboard of various qualities not limited to the type of fiber content, sorted and processed at a recycling facility. |
A mixture of various paper grades that can be found in the groups 1 to 5. |
None |
Liquid Board Packaging |
Grade Name: |
Aseptic Packaging and Gable-Top Cartons |
Liquid Packaging Board |
Liquid Paperboard |
Code: |
Grade 52 |
5.03.00 |
AuRPS LPB- S6 |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
May not exceed 2% |
None |
May not exceed 0.25%. |
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 5% |
None |
May not exceed 0.25%, including the following materials:
|
|
Description: |
Consists of liquid packaging board containers including empty, used, polyethylene (PE)-coated, printed one-side aseptic and gable-top cartons containing no less than 70% bleached chemical fiber and may contain up to 6% aluminum foil and 24% PE film. |
Used liquid packaging board with plastic layer (with or without aluminum content), containing a minimum of 50% by weight of fibres and the balance being aluminum or coatings. |
All liquid carton board as commonly found in used gable top
milk cartons sorted from domestic kerbside collections at
MRFs. |
|
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Unused Liquid Packaging Board |
No corresponding grade |
|
Code: |
Not applicable |
No corresponding grade |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
Printed or unprinted shavings or sheets of liquid packaging board (with or without aluminum and/or plastic layer), containing a minimum of 50% by weight of fibres. |
None |
Labels |
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Wet Labels |
No corresponding grade |
Code: |
Not applicable |
5.05.00 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
Used wet labels from wet strength papers, containing a maximum of 1% glass content, and a maximum of 50% moisture, without other unusable materials. |
None |
|
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Dry Labels |
No corresponding grade |
|
Code: |
Not applicable |
5.05.01 |
Not applicable |
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Description: |
None |
Labels made from wet-strength papers. |
None |
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Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Labels with Base Layer |
No corresponding grade |
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Code: |
Not applicable |
5.05.02 |
Not applicable |
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Description: |
None |
Label paper, release paper and label stock as well as from converting and dispensing of labels. |
None |
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Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Paper Release Liner for Self-adhesive Labels |
No corresponding grade |
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Code: |
Not applicable |
5.05.03 |
Not applicable |
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Description: |
None |
Release liner materials from the converting and dispensing of self-adhesive labels. Materials shall be free from labels, cores, and other contaminants. |
None |
Unprinted White Wet- Strength Woodfree Papers |
Grade Name: |
Coated Book Stock (CBS) |
Unprinted White Wet-Strength Woodfree Papers |
No corresponding grade |
Code: |
Grade 43 CBS (PS#43) |
5.06.00 |
Not applicable |
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Prohibitive Materials: |
None permitted |
None |
None |
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 2% |
None |
None |
|
Description: |
Consists of coated groundwood-free paper, printed or unprinted in sheets, shavings, guillotined books and cuttings. A reasonable percentage of paper containing fine groundwood may be included. |
Unprinted white wet strength woodfree papers |
None |
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Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Unprinted White and Coloured Wet-Strength Papers |
No corresponding grade |
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Code: |
Not applicable |
5.06.01 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
Unprinted white and coloured in the mass wet-strength papers. |
None |
Printed White Wet-Strength Woodfree Papers |
Grade Name: |
Coated Groundwood Sections (CGS) |
Printed White Wet-Strength Woodfree Papers |
No corresponding grade |
Code: |
Grade 44 (CGS) |
5.07.00 |
Not applicable |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
None permitted |
None |
None |
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 2% |
None |
None |
|
Description: |
Consists of printed, coated groundwood paper in sheets, sections, shavings or guillotined books. This grade may not include news quality groundwood paper. |
Printed white wet-strength woodfree papers. |
None |
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Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Printed White and Coloured Wet Strength Woodfree Papers |
No corresponding grade |
|
Code: |
Not applicable |
5.07.01 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
Printed white and coloured in the mass wet-strength woodfree papers. |
None |
Cores |
Grade Name: |
Fiber Cores |
Cores |
No corresponding grade |
Code: |
Grade 14 |
5.08.00 |
Not applicable |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
May not exceed 1% |
None |
None |
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 5% |
None |
None |
|
Description: |
Consists of paper cores made from either recycled paperboard and/or linerboard, single or multiple plies. Metal or plastic end caps, wood plugs, and textile residues are not acceptable in this grade. |
Shredded, hogged or unshredded solid cores from paper reels without metal ends. |
None |
NCR Shavings |
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Carbonless Copy Paper (NCR) |
No corresponding grade |
Code: |
Not applicable |
5.09.00 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
Sheets or shavings of new carbonless copy paper (NCR). |
None |
Envelopes |
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Printed White Envelope |
No corresponding grade |
Code: |
Not applicable |
5.10.00 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
White envelopes, printed on the inside with or without water soluble or latex glue and windows (plastic or glassine). |
None |
|
Grade Name: |
New Colored Envelope Cuttings |
Mixed Envelopes |
No corresponding grade |
|
Code: |
Grade 33 (PS#33) |
5.10.01 |
Not applicable |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
None permitted |
None |
None |
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 2% |
None |
None |
|
Description: |
Consists of groundwood-free cuttings, shavings, or sheets of untreated, uncoated bleachable colored envelope paper. |
Mixed white or coloured in mass envelopes with or without water soluble or latex glue and windows (plastic or glassine). |
None |
Blister Pack |
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Blister Pack |
No corresponding grade |
Code: |
Not applicable |
5.11.00 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
Packaging board with flat or moulded plastic part. May be board with plastic layers and inserts. |
None |
Kraft Sacks |
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Used Kraft Sacks |
No corresponding grade |
Code: |
Not applicable |
5.12.00 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
Clean used kraft sacks. May be printed or unprinted or may be wet strength or non- wet-strength. May include plastic layer papers. |
None |
|
Grade Name: |
No corresponding grade |
Used Kraft Sacks with Plastic Layer Papers |
No corresponding grade |
|
Code: |
Not applicable |
5.12.01 |
Not applicable |
|
Description: |
None |
Clean used kraft sacks with plastic layer. May be printed or unprinted and may contain wet-strength or non-wet-strength plies. |
None |
|
Grade Name: |
Kraft Grocery Bag (KGB) |
Unused Kraft Sacks |
No corresponding grade |
|
Code: |
Grade 19 (KGB) |
5.13.00 |
Not applicable |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
None permitted |
None |
None |
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 1% |
None |
None |
|
Description: |
Consists of new brown kraft bag cuttings, sheets and misprint bags. |
Unused kraft sacks. May be printed or unprinted and may be wet-strength or non-wet strength and may also include papers with a plastic layer. |
None |
|
Grade Name: |
New Kraft Multi-Wall Bag |
Unused Kraft Sacks with Plastic Layer Papers and Poly Liners |
No corresponding grade |
|
Code: |
Grade 20 (PS#20) |
5.13.01 |
Not applicable |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
None permitted |
None |
None |
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 1% |
None |
None |
|
Description: |
Consists of new brown kraft multi-wall bag cuttings, sheets, and misprint bags, free of stitched papers. |
Unused kraft sacks with plastic layer and poly liners. May be printed or unprinted and may contain wet-strength or non wet-strength plies. |
None |
Paper Cups |
Grade Name: |
#2 Printed Bleached Cup Stock |
Used Paper Cups and Other Used Tableware |
No corresponding grade |
Code: |
Grade 49 (#2 Cup) (PS#49) |
5.14.00 |
Not applicable |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
None permitted |
None |
None |
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 1% |
None |
None |
|
Description: |
Consists of printed, untreated formed cups, cup die cuts, and misprint sheets of coated or uncoated cup base stock. Glues must be water soluble. Must be free of wax, poly, and other coatings that are insoluble. |
Used paper cups and other tableware, including used plastic layered paper cups and tableware, containing a minimum of 75% by weight of fibres. |
None |
|
Grade Name: |
#1 Bleached Cup Stock |
Unused Paper Cups and Other Tableware |
No corresponding grade |
|
Code: |
Grade 48 (#1 Cup) |
5.14.01 |
Not applicable |
|
Prohibitive Materials: |
None permitted |
None |
None |
|
Outthrows Plus Prohibitives: |
May not exceed 0.5% |
None |
None |
|
Description: |
Consists of untreated cuttings or sheets of coated or uncoated cup base stock. Cuttings with slight bleed may be included. Must be free of wax, poly, and other coatings that are insoluble. |
Printed or unprinted shavings or sheets from the production of paper cups and other tableware, including plastic layered paper cups and tableware, containing a minimum of 75% by weight of fibres. |
None |