Paper

Most paper and cardboard is made from wood pulp. The quality of paper depends on the length of the fibre, which gives it its strength. Every time a fibre is recycled it becomes shorter and less valuable. 

• Newspaper and magazines are extremely easy to separate and can be recycled through your kerbside collection scheme or at the permanent Household Waste Recycling Sites. They are used to make new newsprint.

• Computer paper/office paper is made of the highest grade of wood pulp, and is therefore the most valuable paper to recover. Again, this paper can be recycled through your kerbside collection scheme or at the permanent Household Waste Recycling Sites. It is used to make quality recycled paper and tissue products.

• Telephone directories and other catalogues are made from good quality fibres, but the glues contained in the bindings make it more difficult to recycle. They can be recycled through your kerbside collection schemes or in the mixed paper and card banks at Household Waste Recycling Sites.

• Yellow Pages were only accepted at Household Waste Recycling Sites but now can be recycled through your kerbside collection.

• Junk mail is a mixture of quality paper and printed leaflets, but it can also include envelopes and glues. It is therefore used to make card or cardboard. The cardboard containers at the Household Waste Recycling Sites (HWRS) accept junk mail for recycling. Please remove all plastic packaging first. Alternatively, you could put the junk mail in your kerbside collection bin for recycling (again, please make sure plastic packaging is removed).
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• Some paper can even be composted, such as kitchen roll and shredded paper.

• Buy recycled paper products. Recycled paper is made into a wide range of grades and types, from fine writing and office paper to lower-grade packaging, newspaper and toilet paper.