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QUALITIES
EUROPEAN LIST OF STANDARD GRADES OF RECOVERED
PAPER and BOARD
FINAL
February 1999
This document has been developed jointly by the Confederation of European
Paper Industries (CEPI) and the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) as
a revision of the CEPI list dated January 1995.
Preface
This list of European standard grades of recovered paper and board gives a
general description of the standard grades by defining what they do and do
not contain.
The list is for use by industry professionals, organisations and
individuals with an interest in the recovered paper sector to assist in the
buying and selling of this raw material intended for recycling by the paper
and board industry.
The list also provides help and support for Customs and Excise Officers who
are required to classify these raw materials from waste in the context of
supranational legislation on the control of waste movement.
It is not the purpose to specify all the qualities of recovered paper and
board that exist in the different markets, but rather to define those
qualities most
commonly traded in Europe. The description of the grades is brief, and for
this reason it is recognised that specific deals between buyer and supplier
for grades with special specifications will still be necessary to meet
individual requirements and will not be excluded by any implied regulations
associated with the publication of this list.
Paper and board mills may ask for a declaration from the supplier about the
origin of the material, in relation to national regulations or standard
requirements.
Recovered paper from refuse sorting stations is not suitable for use in the
paper industry.
Recovered paper and board originating from multi material collection
systems, containing only material of a valuable, recyclable nature, has to
be specifically marked. It is not permissible to mix it unmarked with other
recovered paper and board.
The list contains a group of recovered paper grades (Group 5 "Special
Grades") that, in most cases, can only be recycled using specific
processes, or can cause some particular constraints to recycling. Their
inclusion in the list is justified by the existence of a significant
European market. Actual recycling of the specific qualities can only be
done by a limited number of mills located in a few countries only.
Definitions
Unusable materials
Materials which are unusable in the production of paper and board consist
of "non-paper components", and "paper and board detrimental
to production". Recovered paper and board should in principle be
supplied free of unusable materials, but where for specific grades a
certain proportion of unusable materials is agreed between purchaser and
supplier, it shall refer solely to the element described as "paper and
board detrimental to production".
Non-paper components
These consist of any foreign matter in the recovered paper and board which,
during processing, may cause damage to machines or interruptions to
production or may reduce the value of the finished product, such as:
metal
plastic
glass
textiles
wood
sand and building materials
synthetic materials
"synthetic papers"
Paper and board detrimental to production
These are grades of paper and board which have been recovered or treated in
such a way that they are, for a basic or standard level of equipment,
unsuitable as raw material for the manufacture of paper and board, or are
actually damaging, or whose presence makes the whole
consignment of paper unusable.
A growing number of mills have, however, adapted treatment plants to handle
such grades and the range of papers and boards capable of being recycled is
increasing all the time as technology develops. The criteria for defining
the percentage of "unusable materials" for these grades will be
subject to individual mills’ specifications.
Moisture content
Recovered paper and board will, in principle, be supplied with moisture of
not more than the naturally occurring level. Where the moisture content is
higher than 10% (of air dried weight), the additional weight in excess of
10% may be claimed back – with the method of testing and sampling to be
agreed between buyer and seller.
To the numbering system
Recovered paper grades have been numbered in this list according to a
numerical code system as follows:
x.yy.ww
where:
x: group
y: grade
w: subgrade
Group 1 - Ordinary Grades
1.01 - Mixed paper and board, unsorted, but unusable
materials removed
A mixture of various grades of paper and board, without
restriction on short fibre content.
1.02 - Mixed papers and board (sorted)
A mixture of various qualities of paper and board,
containing a maximum of 40% of newspapers and
magazines.
1.03 - Grey board
Printed and unprinted white lined and unlined grey board
or mixed board, free from corrugated material.
1.04 - Supermarket corrugated paper and board.
Used paper and board packaging, containing a minimum of
70% of corrugated board, the rest being solid board and
wrapping papers.
1.05 - Old corrugated containers
Used boxes and sheets of corrugated board of various
qualities.
1.06 - Unsold magazines
Unsold magazines, with or without glue.
1.06.01 - Unsold magazines without glue
Unsold magazines without glue.
1.07 - Telephone Books
New and used telephone books, with unlimited content of
pages coloured in the mass, with and without glue.
Shavings allowed.
1.08 - Mixed newspapers and magazines I
A mixture of newspapers and magazines, containing a
minimum of 50% of newspapers, with or without glue.
1.09 - Mixed newspapers and magazines II
A mixture of newspapers and magazines, containing a
minimum of 60% of newspapers, with or without glue.
1.10 - Mixed magazines and newspapers
A mixture of newspapers and magazines, containing a
minimum of 60% of magazines, with or without glue.
1. 11- Sorted graphic paper for deinking
Sorted graphic paper from households, newspapers and
magazines, each at a minimum of 40%. The percentage of
non-deinkable paper and board should be reduced
over
time to a maximum level of 1.5%. The actual percentage
is to be negotiated between buyer and seller.
Group 2 - Medium Grades
2.01 - Newspapers
Newspapers, containing a maximum of 5% of newspapers
or advertisements coloured in the mass.
2.02 - Unsold newspapers
Unsold daily newspapers, free from additional inserts or
illustrated material coloured in the mass.
2.02.01- Unsold newspapers, no flexographic
printing
allowed
Unsold daily newspapers, free from additional inserts or
illustrated material coloured in the mass, strings allowed.
No flexographic printed material allowed.
2.03 - Lightly printed white shavings
Lightly printed white shavings, mainly mechanical pulp
based paper.
2.03.01- Lightly printed white shavings without glue
Lightly printed white shavings, mainly mechanical pulp
based paper, without glue.
2.04 - Heavily printed white shavings
Heavily printed white shavings, mainly mechanical pulp
based paper.
2.04.01- Heavily printed white shavings without glue
Heavily printed white shavings, mainly mechanical pulp
based paper, without glue.
2.05 - Sorted office paper
Sorted office paper.
2.06 - Coloured letters
Correspondence, in mixed papers coloured in the mass,
with or without print, of printing or writing paper. Free
from carbon paper and hard covers.
2.07 - White woodfree books
Books, including misprints of books, without hard covers,
mainly of woodfree white paper, black printed
only.
Containing a maximum of 10% of coated paper.
2.08 - Coloured woodfree magazines
Coated or uncoated magazines, white or coloured in the
mass, free from non-flexible covers, bindings,
non-dispersible inks and adhesives, poster papers, labels
or label trim. May include heavily printed circulars and
coloured in the mass shavings. Containing a maximum of
10% mechanical pulp based papers.
2.09 - Carbonless copy paper
Carbonless copy paper.
2.10 - Bleached woodfree PE-coated board
Bleached woodfree PE-coated board from board
manufacturers and converters.
2.11 - Other PE-coated board
Other PE-coated board. May contain unbleached board and
paper from board manufacturers and converters.
2.12 - Mechanical pulp based computer print-out
Continuous computer print-out, mechanical pulp based,
sorted by colours, may include recycled fibres.
Group 3 - High Grades
3.01 - Mixed lightly coloured printers shavings
Mixed shavings of printing and writing papers, lightly
coloured in the mass, containing a minimum of 50% of
woodfree paper.
3.02 - Mixed lightly coloured woodfree printer
shavings
Mixed shavings of printing and writing papers lightly
coloured in the mass, containing a minimum of 90% of
woodfree paper.
3.03 - Woodfree binders
White woodfree lightly printed shavings with
glue, free
from paper coloured in the mass. May contain a maximum
of 10% of mechanical pulp based paper.
3.04 - Tear white shavings
White woodfree lightly printed shavings without
glue, free
from wet-strength paper and paper coloured in the mass.
3.05 - White woodfree letters
Sorted white woodfree writing papers, originating
from
office records, free from cash books, carbon paper and
non-water soluble adhesives.
3.06 - White business forms
White woodfree printed business forms.
3.07 - White woodfree computer print-out
White woodfree computer print-out, free from
carbonless
paper and glue.
3.08 - Printed bleached sulphate board
Heavily printed sheets of bleached sulphate board, without
glue, polycoated or waxed materials.
3.09 - Lightly printed bleached sulphate board
Lightly printed sheets of bleached sulphate board, without
glue, polycoated or waxed materials.
3.10 - Multi printing
Woodfree, coated, lightly printed, free from wetstrength
paper or paper coloured in the mass.
3.11 - White heavily printed multiply board
New cuttings of heavily printed white multi-ply board,
containing woodfree, mechanical or
thermo-mechanical
pulp plies, but without grey plies.
3.12 - White lightly printed multiply board
New cuttings of lightly printed white multi-ply board,
containing woodfree, mechanical or
thermo-mechanical
pulp plies, but without grey plies.
3.13 - White unprinted multiply board
New cuttings of unprinted white multi-ply board,
containing woodfree, mechanical or
thermo-mechanical
pulp plies, but without grey plies.
3.14 - White newsprint
Shavings and sheets of white unprinted newsprint, free
from magazine paper.
3.15 - White mechanical pulp based coated and
uncoated paper
Shavings and sheets of white unprinted coated and
uncoated mechanical pulp based paper.
3.15.01 - White mechanical pulp based paper
containing coated paper
Shavings and sheets of white unprinted mechanical pulp
based coated paper.
3.16 - White woodfree coated paper, without glue
Shavings and sheets of white unprinted woodfree
coated
paper, without glue.
3.17 - White shavings
Shavings and sheets of white unprinted paper, free
from
newsprint and magazine paper containing a minimum of
60% of woodfree paper; may contain a maximum of
10%
of coated paper. Without glue.
3.18 - White woodfree shavings
Shavings and sheets of white unprinted woodfree
paper;
may contain a maximum of 5% of coated paper. Without
glue.
3.18.01 - White woodfree uncoated shavings
Shavings and sheets of white unprinted woodfree
paper,
free from coated paper. Without glue.
3.19 - Unprinted bleached sulphate board
Unprinted sheets of bleached sulphate board, without
glue, polycoated or waxed materials.
Group 4 - Kraft Grades
4.01 - New shavings of corrugated board
Shavings of corrugated board, with liners of kraft
or
testliner
4.01.01- Unused corrugated kraft
Unused boxes, sheets and shavings of corrugated board,
with kraft liners only, the fluting made from
chemical or
thermo-chemical pulp.
4.01.02- Unused corrugating material
Unused boxes, sheets and shavings of corrugated board,
with liners of kraft or testliner.
4.02 - Used corrugated kraft I
Used boxes of corrugated board, with kraft liners
only, the
fluting made from chemical or thermo-chemical pulp.
4.03 - Used corrugated kraft II
Used boxes of corrugated board, with liners of kraft
or
testliners but having at least one liner made of kraft
4.04 - Used kraft sacks
Clean used kraft sacks. Wet-strength and non
wet-strength.
4.04.01- Used kraft sacks with polycoated papers
Clean used kraft sacks. Wet-strength and non
wet-strength. May include polycoated papers.
4.05 - Unused kraft sacks
Unused kraft sacks. Wet-strength and non
wet-strength.
4.05.01- Unused kraft sacks with polycoated papers
Unused kraft sacks. Wet-strength and non
wet-strength,
may include polycoated papers.
4.06 - Used kraft
Used kraft paper and board of a natural or white
shade.
4.07 - New kraft
Shavings and other new kraft paper and board of a
natural
shade.
4.08 - New carrier kraft
New carrier kraft, may include wet-strength paper.
Group 5 - Special Grades
5.01 - Mixed recovered paper and board
Unsorted paper and board, separated at source.
5.02 - Mixed packaging
A mixture of various qualities of used paper and board
packaging, free from newspapers and magazines.
5.03 - Liquid board packaging
Used liquid packaging board including used PE-coated
liquid packaging board (with or without aluminium
content), containing a minimum of 50% by weight of
fibres, and the balance being aluminium or coatings.
5.04 - Wrapper kraft
Poly-lined, sprayed, or laminated used kraft.
Must not
contain bitumen or wax coatings.
5.05 - Wet labels
Used wet labels from wet-strength papers, containing a
maximum of 1% glass content, and a maximum of 50%
moisture, without other unusable materials.
5.06 - Unprinted white wet-strength woodfree
papers
Unprinted white wet-strength woodfree papers.
5.07 - Printed white wet-strength woodfree papers
Printed white wet-strength woodfree papers.
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