UK Waste Paper Grades

Group 4 - Coloured Woodfree Papers

Coloured Best Pams
White or coloured coated or uncoated periodicals and brochures free from non-flexible covers, bindings, varnishes, non-dispersible inks and adhesives, poster papers, labels or label trim. May include heavily printed circulars and coloured shavings.
Objectionable materials: none (except cotton stitchings or wire staples).
 
Coloured Carbonless Copy Paper (Coloured NCR)
Coloured NCR paper, free from heavy print, either in sheet or shavings form. Should generally be unused (i.e. from printers, manufacturers or redundant stock), and free from mechanical fibres, edge gluing, and deep yellow or old gold papers. Maximum 10 percent "used" material may be included by agreement.
Objectionable materials: none.
 
Coloured Continuous Business Forms
Coloured unused continuous business forms or invoices lightly printed on one side only with the exception of a small address or instruction on the reverse. Free from all mechanical fibres, thermo-graphic printing, plastic inks, bindings, and any adhesives. May contain up to 10 percent carbonless copy paper but no printed carbon blocks. Up to 10 percent uncontaminated but used material may be included by agreement. Woodfree listings may be included, but all letter grades must be excluded. Note: The base coloured papers must be of pastel shades only and bleachable. All deep colours and in particular old gold or deep yellows must be avoided.
Objectionable materials: none.

Coloured Heavy Letter
Coloured writing paper lightly printed on one side or typed or written on both sides. May also contain woodfree sulphate boards printed on one side only. Free from manila file covers, binders, envelopes, plan paper, heavily loaded papers, deep dyed or well beaten papers, and printed circular letters or any thermo-graphic or xerographic print. Maximum 10 percent mechanical or thermo-mechanical fibres may be included by agreement; cheque waste may also be included by agreement.
Objectionable materials: none (can include pins, staples, etc.).
 
Coloured Mill Broke
Woodfree reel strippings or slabs, direct from paper mills, unprinted. Baled to colour. Free from wet strength materials.
Objectionable materials: none.
 
Coloured Shavings
White and coloured coated and uncoated shavings free from file covers and all-over print. They may, however, be lightly printed and contain maximum of 10 percent pastel coloured beater dyed bleachable shavings. Maximum 10 percent mechanical or thermo-mechanical fibres may be included by agreement.
Objectionable materials: none.
 
Coloured Tissue
Offcuts, side trim, slab waste and mill broke pastel coloured soft tissue excluding deep-dyed reds, browns, etc. Free from mechanical fibres, though soft mechanical roll cores are acceptable as long as they are part of the offcut or trim. Parent roll centres or log ends must be excluded, along with polythene toilet roll wrappers and labels. No other paper grades may be included.
Objectionable materials: none.
 
Multigrade
A mixture of various papers whose overall appearance must be bright and light. A maximum of 25 percent of coloured best pams may be in each bale, the remainder consisting of 25 percent woodfree coloured shavings and a minimum of 15 percent white heavy letter or woodfree book quire. The rest of the bale may be made up of thermo-mechanical fibres to a maximum of 10 percent. Must be free from all latex binders, self-adhesive labels and other contraries. These percentages may be varied by agreement with the buyer.
Objectionable materials: none.
 
Sulphite Bag Waste
Offcuts, slabs, blanks, sheets or over issue white printed sulphite shop bags and card. Free from heavy print and binders. Maximum 15 percent mechanical or thermo-mechanical fibres.
Objectionable materials: none (certain adhesives can be included by agreement).

White and Light-Toned Shavings
Printers' shavings and offcuts of white and bleachable pastel shade papers, free from mechanical fibres, print, coatings, adhesives, polythene and other laminates. Each bale must have some white shavings in it.
Objectionable materials: none.