Paper Grades
At Recycling UK, we produce, process, and trade a wide range of wastepaper grades for the global market, including UK standard grades, EN643 European specifications, and specialist grades tailored to specific industry requirements.
Bulk Packaging Grades
| Group | Description |
|---|---|
| Mixed Papers 1.01 & 1.02 | Mixture of various qualities of paper and board |
| Greyboard 1.03 | Printed and unprinted solid grey board, free from corrugated material. |
| Cores 5.08 | Shredded or hogged and unshredded cores from paper reels without metal ends |
| OCC 80/20 1.04 | Used paper and board packaging with 80% corrugated content |
| OCC 90/10 1.05 | 90% used corrugated board and 10% short fibre such as solid board |
| OCC 95/5 1.05.01 | 95% used corrugated board and 5% short fibre such as solid board |
Kraft Grades
| Group | Description |
|---|---|
| NCC | New corrugated containers or clippings mainly brown in colour |
| KCB | New carrier kraft board |
| New Kraft Sacks | Wet strength pre-consumer sacks with and without poly lined |
| Used Kraft Sacks | Wet strength post-consumer sacks with and without poly lined |
| Fruit Box 4.02 | Used corrugated kraft lined fruit boxes |
| Flower Box | Used corrugated kraft lined flower boxes |
Graphic Grades
| Group | Description |
|---|---|
| OI Pams 1.06 | Unsold and over issued magazines |
| News & Pams 1.11 | Sorted newspaper and magazines from household collections |
| OIN 2.02 | Over issued and unsold newspapers |
| Mechanical Binders 2.03 | Printers shavings |
| Mechanical Shavings 2.03.01 | Printers shavings without glue |
Tissue Grades
| Group | Description |
|---|---|
| SOW 2.05 | Sorted Office Waste containing 5% manilla files |
| CHL 2.06 | Sorted Office Waste free from manilla files with mass coloured papers permitted |
| Light Letter | Lightly printed Sorted Office Waste free from manilla files and mass coloured papers |
| Multigrade 2.13 | Coated and uncoated woodfree printers papers with 10% mechanical content |
| Toilet Tissue | White woodfree and mechanical tissue fibre containing small percentage of cores and no wet strength |
| Facial Tissue | White woodfree tissue fibre containing a small percentage of wet strength and perfume |
| Kitchen Towel | White woodfree tissue fibre containing wet strength and small percentage of colour |
High Grades
| Group | Description |
|---|---|
| Tear White Shavings 3.04 | White woodfree shavings without glue and wet strength |
| WHL 3.05 | White woodfree office papers |
| HP Scan | Heavily printed scan board without grey or brown board |
| MP Scan | Medium printed scan board without grey or brown board |
| LP Scan | Lightly printed scan board without grey or brown board |
| UP Scan | Unprinted scan board without grey or brown board |
| UPW 3.14 | Unprinted white newspaper |
| WCM 3.15 | Unprinted white coated mechanical paper |
| Best White 2 3.16 | Coated woodfree paper |
| Best White 1 3.18 | Uncoated woodfree paper |
Special Grades
| Group | Description |
|---|---|
| Egg Trays | Post-production egg trays free from residue |
| Polycup | one or two sided polycoated woodfree and mechanical fibre with and without print in trim or slab form |
| Pulp | Rejected wood pulp briquettes |
| Silicone Papers | Yellow, white and brown silicone release papers without sticky labels |
| Liquid Fibre Packaging | Pre-consumer beverage cartons |
| Tea Kraft | Post-production tea kraft with foil liner |
| Scan Foil | Scan board with a foil liner such as medical packaging |
| Whiskey Boxes | Kraft boxes with foil liner |
| Bag Waste | Shopping bags with our without handles |
Reels
| Group | Description |
|---|---|
| Newsprint | Unprinted ‘b’ reels |
| Kraftliner | Damaged or undamaged kraft reels for box making |
| Testliner | Damaged or undamaged recycled fibre reels for box making |
| Stocklot | Different shapes and sizes of various redundant paper and board fibres |
| Tissue | Woodfree and mechanical tissue fibre |
| Wallpaper | Pre-consumer wallpaper reels for conversion |
| Beverage Cartons | Liquid Packaging redundant reels |
| Writing & Printing | Redundant coated and uncoated writing and printing fibres |
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