Made up of Office paper such as letters, photocopy papers, invoices etc which have been lightly printed. May contain lightly printed boards such as business reply cards. Bank cheques may be included but must be free from wet strength cheques. Paper must be woodfree and uncoated and free from stickies.

Moisture levels permitted vary between 10% - 12% and the minimum amount of wires required is three per bale, however this may vary depending on the mill being supplied Please be aware of any non-paper components or any foreign matter in the recovered paper and board which, during processing, may cause damage to paper machines or interruptions to paper production or may reduce the value of the finished product e.g. metal, plastic, glass, textiles, wood, sand, building materials etc

1) Objectionable Material:
i Vegetable Parchment ) - 0% Max
ii Greaseproof Papers ) - 0% Max
iii Pins and Staples ) - 0.001% Max
iv Security Inks ) - 0% Max
v Splicing tape ) - 0% Max
vi Wet strength ) - 0% Max
vii Carbon Papers ) - 0% Max
viii Synthetic Inks ) - 0% Max
ix Laser Print ) - 0% Max
x Yellow Pages ) - 0% Max
xi Window Envelopes ) - 0% Max
xii Manilla Document wallets ) - 0% Max

2) Unacceptable Material:
i Metals (excluding pins, )
staples + baling wires)
ii String (other than used for )
bundling loose papers) )
iii Glass )
iv Textiles )
v Wood )
vi Sand and Building Materials )
vii Plastic )
viii Plastic Laminates (Polycoats) )
ix Synthetic Papers )
x Waxed Papers/Boards )
xi Reel End Wrappers )
xii Bitumised Union Papers )
xiii Food Contaminated Paper )
xiv Burnt or Degraded Paper )
xv Silver Foil or Metallised Papers )
xvi Rubbish of any description ) - Total 0%

3) Moisture - 10% Max