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The grouping of Paper & Card is a broad category but captures a wide range of different specific categories/types within the [[recycling]] sector that essentially specializes in the [[recycling]] and the national and international trading of the fibre (from the different types) back into paper and cardboard (and to some degree the value of fibre in recycled paper and card types links back the value and availability of fibre derived from trees and wood). Each time Paper & Card is recycled the fibre length shortens, resulting in a progressive use towards lower grades of Paper & Card products over time. | The grouping of Paper & Card is a broad category but captures a wide range of different specific categories/types within the [[recycling]] sector that essentially specializes in the [[recycling]] and the national and international trading of the fibre (from the different types) back into paper and cardboard (and to some degree the value of fibre in recycled paper and card types links back the value and availability of fibre derived from trees and wood). Each time Paper & Card is recycled the fibre length shortens, resulting in a progressive use towards lower grades of Paper & Card products over time. | ||
=== Paper and Card Grades (examples) === | === Paper and Card Grades (examples incl. KLS, OCC and NEWS & PAMS) === | ||
Whilst the macro split is into essentially into paper & Card, the businesses specializing in these material trade in the wider markets which have a global influence. Grades of Paper and Card might include, for example: | Whilst the macro split is into essentially into paper & Card, the businesses specializing in these material trade in the wider markets which have a global influence. Grades of Paper and Card might include, for example: | ||
*Mixed Papers | *Mixed Papers | ||
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*Best White No.2 | *Best White No.2 | ||
*Sorted Office Waste | *Sorted Office Waste | ||
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== Macro Tonnages == | == Macro Tonnages == | ||
The most recent information published by [[DEFRA]] <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env23-uk-waste-data-and-management UK Statistics on Waste 2020]</ref> is based on 2016 data and is summarized in the pie chart below, with 6,989,853 tonnes of paper & cardboard wastes generated in the UK in 2016 as part of the broader tonnage reported in [[UK Waste Tonnage]]: | The most recent information published by [[DEFRA]] <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env23-uk-waste-data-and-management UK Statistics on Waste 2020]</ref> is based on 2016 data and is summarized in the pie chart below, with 6,989,853 tonnes of paper & cardboard wastes generated in the UK in 2016 as part of the broader tonnage reported in [[UK Waste Tonnage]]: | ||