Consists of paper, as typically generated by offices, containing primarily white and colored groundwood-free paper, free of unbleached fiber. May include a small percentage of groundwood computer printout and facsimile paper.

Prohibitive materials may not exceed 1 %
Outthrows plus prohibitives may not exceed 5 %

EN 643 European system equivalent

Ordinary sorted coloured letters
Paper, as typically generated by offices, shredded or unshredded, lightly printed, mass coloured paper allowed, but no deep coloured papers, with a minimum of 70 % woodfree paper, free of carbon and principally free of carbonless copy paper (ccp)/no carbon required (NCR), free of manila envelopes, file covers, newspapers and cardboard.

Non-paper components max. 1 %
Total unwanted material max. 2 %

Sorted coloured letters
Paper, as typically generated by offices, shredded or unshredded, lightly printed, mass coloured paper allowed, but no deep coloured papers, with a minimum of 90 % woodfree paper, free of carbon and principally free of carbonless copy paper (ccp)/no carbon required (NCR), free of manila envelopes, file covers, newspapers and cardboard.

Non-paper components max. 1 %
Total unwanted material max. 2 %