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PAPER Examples of paper • Newspapers, junk mail, and weeklies • Magazines and brochures • Office paper and window envelopes • Phone books Do not put paper in bags - put it loose in the container. Items not recycled as paper • Gift wrap paper (residual waste) • Paper cloth (residual waste) • Napkins and tissue paper (residual waste) • Books (recycling centre) 6 How clean is clean enough? Paper must be clean and dry. What happens next? Paper is made from cellulose fibres. These fibres can be recycled into new paper, cardboard and egg boxes. In the manufacturing of recycled paper, only 30 grams of wood is used for 1 kilogram of paper. When manufacturing 1 kilogram og new paper, around 2 kilogram of wood is used. Also note! If your weeklies and magazones come in a plastic bag, this bag must be removed before you put the paper in the container.
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SMALL CARDBORD ITEMS Examples of small cardboard items • Cereal boxes • Corrugated cardboard and carton • Rolls from tissue and toilet paper • Small cardboard boxes • Egg boxes Do not put cardboard in bags - put it loose in the container. Items not recycled as small cardboard items • Pizza boxes (residual waste) • Milk and juice cartons (food & beverage cartons) • Large cardboard boxes (recycling centre) How clean is clean enough? Cardboard must be clean and dry. What happens next? Cardboard is made from cellulose fibres from wood. These fibres can be recycled into new paper, cardboard, and egg boxes. It takes 75m³ of water to manufacture 1 tonne of new cardboard - but only 15m³ of water to manufacture the same volume of recycled cardboard. Also note! Small cardboard boxes are folded and compacted - or torn into pieces. Large cardboard boxes are taken to the recycling centre. 7
