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Recycled paper is paper that has been manufactured from recovered waste paper. The waste paper comes from three primary sources;
1. Pre-consumer waste is paper that has not yet reached an end user. An example is an unsold magazine that is collected form a newsstand.
2. Post-consumer waste is paper that has been used. An example is a magazine mailed to a home and read by the subscriber.
3. Converting waste is paper scraps and waste in the papermaking process. An example is trim from converting paper to envelopes.
Beginning in 1999, copier paper, offset paper, envelopes and other uncoated grades were required to conform to a standard of no less that 30% post consumer materials. Coated grades are no less that 15% post consumer materials.