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Recycling Waste paper, or recovered paper, is the most important raw material for the British paper and board industry. It represented 68% of the fibre used throughout this sector in 2007. Thus, the paper industry is the UK's most successful recycler.
There are limits on recovery: paper is lost when it is used for permanent records, destroyed in use or contaminated. There are over 60 recognised grades of recovered paper in Europe. The grade determines the uses to which it can be put. Almost
any household recovered paper can be recycled, including used newspapers,
cardboard, packaging, stationery, 'direct mail', magazines, catalogues,
greeting cards and wrapping paper. It is important that these papers
are kept separate from other household waste - contaminated papers
are not acceptable for recycling.
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Paper
recycling is crucial in the UK due to the lack of forests (only 12%
of the land base is forested). 
