Waste Paper Exchange
The Waste Paper Exchange connects recyclers of Baled Waste Paper for domestic and worldwide markets.
If you wish to buy or sell Baled Paper Fibers, you may
ADD your own INQUIRY
NOW !
The Waste Paper Exchange has been connecting buyers and sellers online since 1995 and
also provides connections for
Loose Paper Recycling
and
Used (Reusable) Paper.
Paper Recycling Information
For anyone seeking current information or research data on the paper recycling industry,
you may access and ask your
Recycling Questions
to a core group of experienced and knowledgeable recycling industry professionals.
Collecting Paper for Recycling
If you wish to start a paper recycling program or have paper that you wish to recycle, we may be able to assist you to
Find a Local Recycler that can collect your waste paper.
Sorting and Grading
Paper Stock Merchants collect, sort and pack waste paper into a highly recyclable commodity,
by sorting to remove contamination and using grading skill to segregate into the highest value specification.
Check-out scrapindex.net to see
grades and specifications of waste paper.
Paper Stock Packing
Paper Stock Merchants collect,
sort
and pack waste paper into truck lot loads of single grades
for efficient transportation to paper mills.
The packing process entails compressing the paper into densified bundles with the use of a
baling machine
and securely tied, usually with
baling wire.
Paper Fiber Recovery
The Paper recycling process is based on the recovery of fibers and is achieved by re-pulping waste paper.
The fibers are liberated by saturating the waste paper typically with water and gently agitating the mixture until
it becomes a uniform slurry or pulp.
The strength of most papers is determined by the integrity and length of the fibres and
while there is no actual limit to the number of times fiber can be recycled,
over time the fibers tend to become damaged or shortened
which may restrict the types of products they are regenerated into.
It is common to blend virgin pulp and recycled fiber to maintain a level of quality and strength in paper products.
The quality of recovered fiber varies depending on the sources and sorting of feedstock and the level of
contamination.
Some Feedstocks may be direct pulp substitutes, some require bleaching or de-inking, others types may be suitable as filler grades.
Contaminates in Waste Paper
Items that diminish or effect the value of waste paper include labels, tape, staples, glues, book bindings or any non-paper articles.
For each pound of contamination in waste paper there is an equivalent pound of drag-out fiber which reduces the
total recovery yield.
Contamination & drag-out from the pulpers are a wet waste and the moisture content multiplies the weight of the waste stream.
In addition to the reduction in recovery yield there is an associated disposal cost to the
waste stream.
Waste paper generated from
curbside
collection or
MRFs
tend to have plastic, glass and metal contamination. Paper collected by
disposal companies also tend to have a higher degree of general garbage contamination verses paper
packed by dedicated Paper
Graders,
Packers
and Recyclers.
Recycling Old Magazines
Recycling of old magazines has its own unique set of challenges. Shiny papers such as magazine stock
are clay coated or clay filled. Since clay is much heavier than the paper, the recover fiber yield on each ton
of magazine stock is much lower than uncoated papers.
The Mills that re-pulp magazine stock must be equipped with defoamers and clay extraction systems.
Books and magazines may have heavy bindings and some contain insoluble hot melt glues which are excessive
contamination
in the re-pulping process.
Magazines, flyers and map stock tend to be heavily printed and commonly are made from short or shaved fibers so the end uses
of recovered magazine stock fibers may be somewhat restrictive.
Old News Papers (ONP)
Recycling of loose or
bundled NewsPapers
may be listed in the loose paper recycling exchange.
Waste Paper Traders may buy or sell Baled Repacked NewsPrint,
Old NewsPapers (ONP)
by entering an inquiry into the baled waste paper exchange.
If you wish to deal with uncirculated pressroom scrap, please add your inquiry for
OverIssue News (OINP).
You may also make a request for unprinted
News Blank
this must white not coloured newspaper.
Old Corrugated Cardboard (OCC)
Recycling connections for your Old Corrugated Cardboard cartons,
you may post your request to find a local recycler for your loose waste
cardboard boxes
or Buyers and Sellers may connect to trade
Baled OCC.
OCC Economic Indicator
For many years industry observers have used the market for Old Corrugated Cardboard as a leading economic indicator.
When general product manufacturers schedule their production purchasing chain, one of the key components has been
the cardboard box that their products are packaged in.
The packaging / boxes are required to be in inventory in advance of any product production
and for this to occur a lead time is required to place and receive box orders.
Box makers require a raw supply of container board from paper mills and container board is manufactured
from Old Corrugated Cardboard, so by tracking the supply / demand factors
of OCC volumes and prices leading economic
trends can be observed.
Boxboard
Recycling of folding cartons made of typical gray shoe box material, cereal boxes may include printed or SnowCoat boxes
may submitted to the loose
Boxboard
waste exchange.
Baled Scrap Duplex Board and industrial Boxboard Cuttings BBC may be included in the
Baled Boxboard
waste exchange.
Materials that contain
Waxed BoxBoard,
BoxBoard with Poly
or
BoxBoard with Foil
must be identifed and kept segragated.
Complex multi-material packaging like tetra pac and
Aseptic Packaging
are a specialty item that requires unique handling.
If you wish to find a local recycler to collect your
Loose Waste Paper
please submit your request to the paper recycling exchange.
Baled Waste Paper
Paper Stock Merchants, Dealers and Traders deal in sorted, graded and baled paper in truck lot loads or full container loads,
some common grades that you may wish to trade (Buy or Sell) are listed below
Sorted Office Papers (SOP)
Recyclers collect, sort and bale Mixed Office Paper or Sorted Office Mix
SOP
which contains mostly white paper with an allowable content of miscellaneous papers, file folders, labels, staples, and paper clips.
High Grade & Fine Papers
Fine printing and writing papers are grouped into a class called High Grade and may not contain groundwood fibers.
The High Grade papers are segregated by value starting from
Colored Ledger
which includes colored fine papers (either beater dyed or heavily printed white papers)
which require bleaching or used in a cosmetically degraded application.
The more valuable grade is lightly printed
White Ledger
which may be blended with pulp and the higher grade, higher valued unprinted
Hard White
and is a direct pulp substitute.
Kraft Paper
Kraft papers contain quality fiber which gives kraft paper products superior strength.
Brown Kraft
is used to manufacture a variety of products. In the corrugating process kraft paper is converted into
Corrugated sheet to make Corrugated
Cardboard
boxes, new rejects and trimmings from that process are referred to as
Double Lined Kraft
DLK.
This material is clean and has no printing, staples or tapes.
Kraft paper is also used to manufacture a wide variety of bags. The end of life
Kraft Bag Waste
is recovered for its desirable fiber content. Industrial
Kraft MultiWall PolyBag Waste
is a little less desirable but is still recovered.
Bleached Kraft
is a direct pulp substitute and Lightly Printed Bleached Kraft
LPBK
may be blended with pulps.
Printed Bleached Kraft
PBK
and
Colored Kraft
have excellent quality fiber and are recovered and used in cosmetically degraded applications.
Mixed Papers
Please ADD a inquiry to the exchange if you wish to Trade (Buy or Sell)
Baled Mixed Paper.
This grade may contain assorted papers, trimmings, sweepings and a mix of paper fibers of various types.
The exchange service was established to match buyer and sellers of waste paper.
Paper Shredding
The service of Confidential Document Disposal and Records Shredding is provided by many paper recyclers.
If you are looking for
Document Shredding
services, please make an inquiry to the Paper Recycling Services exchange.
Please clearly state if you require certified destruction.
If you would like to buy or sell a
Shredder,
please add you listing to the recycling equipment exchange.
Book Recycling
If you would like to recycle scrap books please list you requirements for
Waste Books & Book Stock
In the Waste Paper Recycling exchange.
If you are seeking Book Destruction you may make a request for
Book Debinding
services.
If you are interested in
Used Books,
you may inquire on the reusable book exchange.
Used & Reusable Paper
Please feel free to add a inquiry to the
Used & Reusable Paper
exchange for damaged rolls, roll ends, sheetable paper stock, Used/ReUsable Tubes & Cores, Used/Reusable Paper Bags.
You may also connect with markets for
used paper cartons & boxes
and
used gaylord boxes.
The exchange service has been successfully matching buyers and sellers online since 1995.
Surplus Paper Inventory
If you wish to buy or sell NEW overstocked paper or paper products, excess inventory or liquidation stock,
please submit your items to the
Surplus Paper Inventory
exchange.
Your submission will allow you to connect directly with potential counter parties.
Waste Paper Prices
We track the Daily Spot Market Price of several grades of waste paper from across our network and
prepare a number of Market Price Reports.
If you are interested in a longer term overview of historical prices, please check-out the
Multi-Year Summary
Reports.
The Waste Paper Index tracks
Composite Index Trends
of key benchmark grades of waste paper.
We offer a number of other
price reports
that provide market intelligence across the spectrum of secondary commodities and scrap materials.
The Multi-Year Spot Market Price Summaries
Annual price summaries of the historical high, low and yearly average of the spot market prices for
Loose Waste Paper
or
Baled Waste Paper, by specific grade of material.
Waste Paper Composite Index
The Waste Paper Composite Index tracks market prices and industry trends for recovered paper commodities using a
daily snapshot
of spot market prices and allows you to freely take a quick view of the past 7, 30, 90 days and 1 & 2 year trends.
PAPERchange
PAPERchange offers a package of
services
customized for recyclers and waste paper dealers.
You may browse the geographic on-line directory of
Waste Paper Dealers
