PS 36 Unsorted office paper (UOP)
Consists of printed or unprinted paper typically generated in an office environment that may include a document destruction process. This grade may contain white, colored, coated and uncoated papers, manila and pastel colored file folders.
Prohibitive materials may not exceed 2 %
Outthrows plus prohibitives may not exceed 10 %
EN 643 European system equivalentÂ
2.05.00 Ordinary sorted office paper
Paper, as typically generated by offices, shredded or unshredded, printed, may contain coloured papers, with a minimum 60 % woodfree paper, free of carbon and principally free from carbonless copy paper (ccp)/no carbon required (NCR), less than 10 % unbleached fibres including manila envelopes and file covers, less than 5 % newspapers and packaging.
Non-paper components max. 0.5 %
Total unwanted material max. 1 %
2.05.01 Sorted office paper
Paper, as typically generated by offices, shredded or unshredded, printed, may contain coloured papers, with a minimum 80 % woodfree paper, free of carbon and principally free from carbonless copy paper (ccp)/no carbon required (NCR), less than 5 % unbleached fibres including manila envelopes and file covers.
Non-paper components max. 0.5 %
Total unwanted material max. 1 %