At American Recycling Company, we accept all forms of paper products. We handle ALL grades of paper, but most commonly deal in the following grades:
- Soft Mixed Paper Consists of a clean, sorted mixture of various qualities of paper not limited as to type of fiber content. Prohibitive Materials may not exceed 1%Total Outthrows may not exceed 5%
- Hard Mixed Paper (HMP) Consists of a clean, sorted mixture of various qualities of paper containing less than 10% groundwood content. Prohibitive Materials may not exceed 1/2 of 1% Total Outthrows may not exceed 3%
- Boxboard Cuttings Consists of new cuttings of paperboard used in the manufacture of folding cartons, set-up boxes and similar boxboard products. Prohibitive Materials may not exceed 1/2 of 1% Total Outthrows may not exceed 2%
- Special News, De-ink Quality (#8 ONP) Consists of sorted, fresh newspapers, not sunburned, free from magazines, white blank, pressroom over-issues, and paper other than news, containing not more than the normal percentage of rotogravure and colored sections. This grade must be tare-free. Prohibitive Materials None permitted. Total Outthrows may not exceed 1/4 of 1%
- Over-Issue News (OI or OIN) Consists of unused, overrun newspapers printed on newsprint, containing not more than the normal percentage of rotogravure and colored sections. Prohibitive Materials None permitted Total Outthrows None permitted
- Corrugated Containers (OCC) Consists of corrugated containers having liners of either test liner, jute or kraft. Prohibitive Materials may not exceed 1% Total Outthrows may not exceed 5%
- Double-Sorted Corrugated (DS OCC) Consists of double-sorted corrugated containers, generated from supermarkets and/or industrial or commercial facilities, having liners of test liner, jute, or kraft. Material has been specially sorted to be free of boxboard, off-shore corrugated, plastic, and wax. Prohibitive Materials may not exceed 1/2 of 1% Total Outthrows may not exceed 2%
- Sorted Office Paper (SOP) Consists of paper, as typically generated by offices, containing primarily white and colored groundwood-free paper, free of unbleached fiber. May include a small percentage of groundwood computer printout and facsimile paper. Prohibitive Materials may not exceed 1% Total Outthrows may not exceed 5%
- Coated Book Stock (CBS) Consists of coated groundwood-free paper, printed or unprinted in sheets, shavings, guillotined books and cuttings. A reasonable percentage of paper containing fine groundwood may be included. Prohibitive Materials None permitted Total Outthrows may not exceed 2%
Is it Recyclable?
In most cases, we can handle any paper product.
