PS 37 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 %
Outthrows plus prohibitives may not exceed 5 %
EN 643 European system equivalentÂ
2.06.00 Ordinary sorted coloured letters
Paper, as typically generated by offices, shredded or unshredded, lightly printed, mass coloured paper allowed, but no deep coloured papers, with a minimum of 70 % woodfree paper, free of carbon and principally free of carbonless copy paper (ccp)/no carbon required (NCR), free of manila envelopes, file covers, newspapers and cardboard.
Non-paper components max. 1 %
Total unwanted material max. 2 %
2.06.01 Sorted coloured letters
Paper, as typically generated by offices, shredded or unshredded, lightly printed, mass coloured paper allowed, but no deep coloured papers, with a minimum of 90 % woodfree paper, free of carbon and principally free of carbonless copy paper (ccp)/no carbon required (NCR), free of manila envelopes, file covers, newspapers and cardboard.
Non-paper components max. 1 %
Total unwanted material max. 2 %
