PAPER GRADES:

% prohibitive
Grade Code Contents description
materials allowed
Consists of ONLY white printed or unprinted sheets and shavings originating from printers or office records
Heavy letter 1 HL 1 None
using black ink only. Must be free of heavily printed or coloured stock and non-water soluble adhesives.
Consists of coloured printed or unprinted sheets, shavings and cuttings originating from printers or office
Heavy letter 2 HL 2 records using black and coloured ink. Must be free of heavily printed or coloured stock and non-water soluble 1%
adhesives.
Super Mix SMW Consists of mix of HL1 / HL2 in ratio 50% HL1, 50% HL2. Must be free of non-water soluble adhesives. 1%
Mixed Paper CMW A mixture of various grades of paper and board without restriction on fibre content. 1%
Mechanical grade Consists of newspaper, magazines and sorted graphic paper from Kerbside and other post-consumer
SN 1%
Special News collections. All craft paper must be removed.
Consists of over-run unsold newspapers containing not more than the normal percentage of inserts.
Over issue News FN None
No flexographic printed material allowed.
Consists of unsold magazines and trims from magazine printers including catalogues, brochures with or
Magazines SBM None
without latex bindings. May contain up to 10% of uncoated news type paper.
Consists of paper as typically generated by offices, containing primarily white and coloured ground-wood free
Sorted Office Paper SOP 1%
paper, free of unbleached fibre. May include a small percentage of carbonless paper.
Telephone Directories TD Consists of clean telephone directories printed for or by telephone directory publishers. None
Craft grades corrugated Consists of corrugated cardboard containers having liners of craft or test liner.
K4 1%
containers
New corrugated craft Consists of new corrugated cuttings, sheets and unused boxes as generated by corrugating convertors having
K3 None
waste liners of craft or test liner.

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