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Recovered Paper

Recovered (Waste) paper is collected from Waste Paper Banks and Commercial collections. When you deposit your used papers into a waste paper bank, you are sorting the paper into grades before the merchant collects it. This is why you can only put certain papers into a particular bank.

Many offices have in place an office recycling scheme. Again the recovered paper is usually segregated ready to be collected.

Recovered paper currently represents 68% of the raw material used in the UK to make paper and board.

The recovered paper merchant collects the used paper which is then sorted by hand into different grades. Paper not suitable for recycling is removed.

The recovered paper merchant will then bale the recovered paper ready to be taken to the paper mill.

Recovered Paper Merchant
Baler

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