Printed on paper that contains at least 30 percent postconsumer fiber

United States

Environmental Protection

Agency

Solid Waste and

Emergency Response

(5305W)

EPA530-B-99-011

March 1999

www.epa.gov/cpg

Mills, Converters, and

Distributors of Printing and

Writing Paper Containing

Postconsumer Recovered Fiber
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MILLS, CONVERTERS, AND DISTRIBUTORS OF PRINTING AND WRITING PAPER

CONTAINING POSTCONSUMER RECOVERED FIBER

This list of manufacturers and suppliers of printing and writing paper containing recovered fibers has been

prepared to facilitate implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)

Comprehensive Procurement Guideline (CPG) and to assist customers interested in the purchase and use

of products containing recovered materials. Manufacturers, distributors, and converters are listed

alphabetically by company and can provide the names and locations of regional or local suppliers. 

Each listing is based on information provided by the supplier. Product information has not been verified,

and no guarantee, expressed or implied, is made as to the accuracy or completeness of the information

provided. Inclusion in this listing does not represent an endorsement by EPA.

For information on or copies of the CPG, contact EPA's RCRA Hotline at 800 424-9346 or access EPA’s

CPG Web site at <www.epa.gov/cpg>.

This list is organized by the following grades and correlates with EPA’s Paper Products Recovered

Materials Advisory Notice II dated June 8, 1998 (63 FR 31214).

UNCOATED PRINTING AND WRITING PAPER:

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Reprographic Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Offset Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Tablet Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Forms Bond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Envelopes (wove, kraft, and unbleached) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Cotton Fiber Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Text and Cover Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Supercalendered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Papeteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Check Safety Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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COATED PRINTING AND WRITING PAPERS:

Coated Printing Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Carbonless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

BRISTOLS:

File Folders/Filing Products (manila and dyed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Cards (index, postal, and others) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Pressboard Report Covers and Binders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Tags and Tickets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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UNCOATED PRINTING AND WRITING PAPERS

REPROGRAPHIC PAPER Boise Cascade

Alling and Cory

8779 Greenwood Place Contact: Customer Service 

Savage, MD 20763 Phone: 888 219-7437

Contact: Hubert Scott

Phone: 800 922-6265, Ext. 1153 Manufactures brands that contain at least

Distributes Great White, Eureka! 30, and Fore

DP brands made by Union Camp, James River,

and Hammermill that contain at least 30 percent

postconsumer fiber. 205 Hull Street

Avenor 

Two Kenview Boulevard

Brampton, Ontario L6T 5E4 Distributes Envirographic brand made by Badger

Canada Paper Mills that contains 30 percent

Contact: Tamara Pope postconsumer fiber. 

Phone: 905 790-5259

Manufactures Copy Recycled and Artica Laser

Recycled brands that contain at least 30 percent 395 de Maisonneuve Boulevard, West

postconsumer fiber. (Special order) Montreal, Quebec H3A 1L6

Badger Paper Mills

200 West Front Street Manufactures Fusion (color copier paper) brand

Peshtigo, WI 54157-0149 that contains at least 30 percent postconsumer

Contact: John Sargent fiber. (Special order)

Phone: 800 826-0494

Manufactures Envirographic 100 brand with 100

percent postconsumer fiber, Envirographic that 300 Lakeside Drive, Fourth Floor

contain 30 percent postconsumer fiber, and Oakland, CA 94612

Copyrite (pastel colors) that contain 30 percent Contact: Mary Plimpton

postconsumer fiber. Phone: 510 874-3674

1800 SW. First Avenue, Suite 300

Portland, OR 97201

30 percent postconsumer fiber.

Cauthorne Paper Co., Inc.

Richmond, VA 23216

Contact: George Michael

Phone: 804 232-6736

Domtar Papers

Contact: Louis Thierrien or Peter Gilbert

Phone: 514 848-5733 or 905 680-3219

Fort James Corporation

Manufactures Eureka! 100, Eureka! 50, Eureka!

Ultra Bright, and Eureka! brands that contain at

least 30 percent postconsumer fiber.
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Frank Parsons Paper Company International Paper

2270 Beaver Road (Hammermill and Springhill Divisions)

Landover, MD 20785-3277 6400 Poplar Avenue

Contact: Robert Kingsley Memphis, TN 38197

Phone: 301 386-4700 Contact: Steve VanVoorhis

Distributes Great White, Springhill Recycled,

Relay DP, and Envirographic brands made by Manufactures Copy Plus, Fore DP, Savings DP,

Union Camp, International Paper, and Badger Unity DP, and all Springhill copy brands that

Paper Mills that contain at least 30 percent contain at least 30 percent postconsumer fiber.

postconsumer fiber. (Special order) 

Gallaher Paper Group, LLP Paper Corporation of United States

4401 Northside Parkway 161 Avenue of the Americas

Suite 280 New York, NY 10013

Atlanta, GA 30327 Contacts: John Mulkern or Ray Darmstadt

Contact: Chris Hill Phone: 800 462-0182 or 212 337-5521

Phone: 404 949-3043

Distributes brands that contain 30 percent least 30 percent postconsumer fiber. (Special

postconsumer fiber. order) 

Georgia Pacific Ris Paper Company, Inc.

55 Park Place 9101 East Hampton Drive

Atlanta, GA 30303 Capitol Heights, MD 20743

Contacts: Gerry Rose or Carolyn Byl Contacts: Edmund Harrison or Mike Royce

Phone: 404 652-8752 Phone: 301 336-8833

Manufactures Geocyle and Valorem brands that Distributes Great White brand made by Union

contain at least 30 percent postconsumer fiber. Camp that contains 30 percent postconsumer

Gilbert Paper Company

P.O. Box 260

Menasha, WI 54952 800 South Lawe Street

Contact: Patty Hoffman Appleton, WI 54915

Phone: 920 722-7721 Contacts: George Holzknecht or Jim Hatchell

Manufactures Jet-Tech Premium Recycled brand

that contains at least 30 percent postconsumer Manufactures Ecology brand that contains at

fiber. least 30 percent postconsumer fiber.

Phone: 901 763-6000

Distributes a variety of brands that contain at

fiber. 

Riverside Paper Corporation

Phone: 920 991-2277 or 920 991-2278

(Special order) 
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Strathmore Paper Company Weyerhaeuser Corporation

Two Gateway Boulevard Federal Way

East Granby, CT 06026 Tacoma, WA 98477

Contact: Jim Murphy, Product Manager Attn: Recycled Business Corporation

Phone: 860 844-2400 Contact: Pat Haasl

Manufactures Strathmore Script and Strathmore

Renewal brands that contain at least 30 percent Manufactures Recycled Lynx Opaque Laser

postconsumer fiber. Guarantee, Weyerhaeuser Recycled Laser Copy,

The Supply Cabinet, Inc.

9024-G Euclid Avenue

Manassas, VA 20110

Contact: Michael Carta

Phone: 703 631-1498 9771A Southern Pine Boulevard

Distributes Will Copy Recycle and Geocycle Contact: Gary Schneider

brands made by Willamette and Georgia Pacific Phone: 800 523-7273

that contain at least 30 percent postconsumer

fiber. Manufactures Will Copy brand with at least

Union Camp 

1600 Valley Road

Wayne, NJ 07470 Two Bala Plaza

Contact: Scott Edwards, New Product Servicing Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004

Manager Contact: Paul Asavin, Vice President of

Phone: 757 569-5126 Operations

Manufactures Great White Recycled brand that

contains at least 30 percent postconsumer fiber. Sells brands of paper that contain at least

International Paper, Domtar, Fraser, and E.B.

Unisource Worldwide, Inc. 

P.O. Box 3000-0935 specifically in the regional Philadelphia area.

Berwyn, PA 19482

Contact: Paul Heyink, Director of Marketing

Development

Phone: 610 296-4470, Ext. 484

Buys and sells all brands of copier paper

manufactured in the United States that contain at

least 30 percent postconsumer fiber. (Special

order)

Phone: 610 251-9220

Recycled Husky Xerocopy D.P., and

Weyerhaeuser Recycled Office Paper brands that

contain at least 30 percent postconsumer fiber. 

Willamette Industries, Inc.

Charlotte, NC 28273

30 percent postconsumer fiber.

WWF Paper

Phone: 610 667-9210

30 percent postconsumer fiber made by

Eddy. WWF only sells to commercial markets,
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Xerox Crown Vantage

1303 Ridgeview Road 300 Lakeside Drive

Building 300 Oakland, CA 94612-3592

Lewisville, TX 75057 Contact: Katie Cutler

Contact: Customer Service Phone: 510 874-3458

Phone: 800 822-2200

Manufactures brands that contain at least Reclaim (Natural) brands that contain at least

30 percent postconsumer fiber. 30 percent postconsumer fiber. (Special orders

Xpedx

Three Park Avenue, 27th Floor

New York, NY 10016 4785 Hayes Road

Contacts: John Dowling or Carmel Flanagan Madison, WI 53704

Phone: 212 863-1600 Contact: Brian Cowie

Distributes brands made by various mills that

contain 30 percent postconsumer fiber. Distributes Glama Natural 100 brand that

OFFSET PAPER

Alling and Cory

8779 Greenwood Place Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4L5

Savage, MD 20763 Canada

Contact: Hubert Scott Contact: Cathy Avery, Product Manager

Phone: 800 922-6265, Ext. 1153 Phone: 800 267-9971

Distributes Williamsburo, Worx, and Manufactures Book Paper MF; Offset Book; and

Spectratech brands made by Union Camp, Map Bond E30, E40, and E50 brands that

Fraser, and Warren that contain at least contain at least 30 percent postconsumer fiber.

30 percent postconsumer fiber. (Special order)

Boise Cascade Ecusta

1800 SW. First Avenue, Suite 300 P.O. Box 200

Portland, OR 97201 Pisgah Forest, NC 28768

Contact: Customer Service Contact: Dick Siler

Phone: 888 219-7437 Phone: 704 877-2146

Manufactures brands that contain at least Manufactures Recycled Nyalite and Recycled

30 percent postconsumer fiber. Sparlite brands that contain at least 30 percent

Manufactures Squire Reclaim and Legend

of at least 5,000 pounds)

CTI Paper USA, Inc. 

Phone: 608 834-9900, Ext. 223

contains at least 30 percent postconsumer fiber.

E.B. Eddy 

1600 Scott Street

postconsumer fiber. (Special order)
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Fort James Corporation Georgia Pacific

300 Lakeside Drive, Fourth Floor 55 Park Place

Oakland, CA 94612 Atlanta, GA 30303

Contact: Mary Plimpton Contacts: Gerry Rose or Carolyn Byl

Phone: 510 874-3674 Phone: 404 652-8752

Manufactures Eureka!, Opaque Ultra, and Manufactures Spectrum Recycled Offset brand

Eureka! Offset brands that contain at least 30 that contains at least 30 percent postconsumer

percent postconsumer fiber. fiber. 

Frank Parsons Paper Company International Paper

2270 Beaver Road

Landover, MD 20785-3277

Contact: Robert Kingsley

Phone: 301 386-4700

Distributes Williamsburo Collage and New Life

Opaque brands made by Union Camp and

Rolland that contain at least 30 percent

postconsumer fiber. 

Fraser Paper, Inc.

70 Seaview Avenue, Suite 10055

Stamford, CT 06902

Contact: John Pettit

Phone: 203 705-2800

Manufactures brands that contain at least

30 percent postconsumer fiber.

Gallaher Paper Group, LLP

4401 Northside Parkway

Suite 280

Atlanta, GA 30327

Contact: Chris Hill

Phone: 404 949-3043

Distributes brands that contain 30 percent

postconsumer fiber.

(Hammermill and Springhill Divisions) 

6400 Poplar Avenue

Memphis, TN 38197

Contact: Steve VanVoorhis

Phone: 901 763-6000

Manufactures a wide variety of brands that

contain at least 30 percent postconsumer fiber.

(Special order)

Lyons Falls 

P.O. Box 338, Center Street

Lyons Falls, NY 13368

Contact: Larry Cannon, Sales Manager

Phone: 815 455-0981

Manufactures Paper Again PC Tradebook brand

that contains at least 30 percent postconsumer

fiber. (Special order)

Paper Corporation of United States

161 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10013

Contacts: John Mulkern or Ray Darmstadt

Phone: 800 462-0182 or 212 337-5521

Distributes a variety of brands that contain at

least 30 percent postconsumer fiber. (Special

order)
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P.H. Glatfelter Seaman Paper Company of 

228 South Main Street

Spring Grove, PA 17362-1118 P.O. Box 21

Contact: Tina Moylan Baldwinville, MA 01436

Phone: 717 225-4711 Contact: James Jones, Vice President of Sales

Manufactures Recycle Offset and Natures brands

that contain at least 30 percent postconsumer Manufactures a wide variety of brands that

fiber. (Special order) contain at least 30 percent postconsumer fiber.

Ris Paper Company, Inc.

9101 East Hampton Drive

Capitol Heights, MD 20743 9024-G Euclid Avenue

Contacts: Edmund Harrison or Mike Royce Manassas, VA 20110

Phone: 301 336-8833 Contacts: Michael Carta

Distributes Williamsburo Collage brand made by

Union Camp that contains at least 30 percent Distributes Halopaque, Synergy, and Spectrum

postconsumer fiber. brands made by Fraser and Georgia Pacific that

Riverside Paper Corporation

800 South Lawe Street

Appleton, WI 54915 1600 Valley Road

Contacts: George Holzknecht or Jim Hatchell Wayne, NJ 07470

Phone: 920 991-2277 or 920 991-2278 Contact: Scott Edwards, New Product 

Manufactures and distributes Ecology brand that Phone: 757 569-5126

contains at least 30 percent postconsumer fiber.

(Special order) Manufactures Williamsburo Collage Recycled

Rolland Incorporated

455 Avenue Rolland

C.P./P.O. Box 850

St. Jerome, Quebec J7Z 5V6 8261 Preston Court

Canada Jessup, MD 20794-9681

Contact: Carole Robitaille Contact: Leily Kiani

Phone: 450 569-3913 Phone: 800 344-5522, Ext. 223

Fax: 450 569-3947

Manufactures New Life Opaque and New Life least 30 percent postconsumer fiber. 

Opaque Repro brands that contain 30 percent

postconsumer fiber.

Massachusetts

Phone: 978 939-5356

(Special order)

The Supply Cabinet, Inc.

Phone: 703 631-1498

contain at least 30 percent postconsumer fiber.

Union Camp 

Servicing Manager

Content brand that contains at least 30 percent

postconsumer fiber.

Unisource Worldwide, Inc.

Distributes a variety of brands that contain at
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Weyerhaeuser Corporation Crown Vantage

Federal Way

Tacoma, WA 98477

Attn: Recycled Business Corporation

Contact: Pat Haasl

Phone: 610 251-9220

Manufactures Recycled Husky Offset and

Recycled Lynx Opaque brands that contain at

least 30 percent postconsumer fiber.

WWF Paper 

Two Bala Plaza

Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004

Contact: Paul Asavin, Vice President of

Operations

Phone: 610 667-9210

Sells brands made by International Paper,

Domtar, Fraser, and E.B. Eddy that contain at

least 30 percent postconsumer fiber. WWF only

sells to commercial markets, specifically the

regional Philadelphia area.

Xpedx

Three Park Avenue, 27th Floor

New York, NY 10016

Contacts: John Dowling or Carmel Flanagan

Phone: 212 863-1600

Distributes Eureka! and Geocycle brands made

by Fort James and Georgia Pacific that contain at

least 30 percent postconsumer fiber.

TABLET PAPER

Boise Cascade

1800 SW. First Avenue, Suite 300

Portland, OR 97201

Contact: Customer Service 

Phone: 888 219-7437

Manufactures brands that contain at least

30 percent postconsumer fiber.

300 Lakeside Drive

Oakland, CA 94612-3592

Contact: Katie Cutler

Phone: 510 874-3458

Manufactures Curtis Brightwater Recycled

Riblaid and Curtis Marble brands that contain at

least 30 percent postconsumer fiber. (Special

orders of at least 5,000 pounds)

Fox River Paper Company

P.O. Box 2215

Appleton, WI 54913

Contact: Kristin Dooley, Marketing Coordinator

Phone: 920 733-7341

Manufactures Confetti, Fox River Select Circa

Script, Fox River Recycled, and Quest brands

that contain at least 30 percent postconsumer

fiber.

Gallaher Paper Group, LLP

4401 Northside Parkway

Suite 280

Atlanta, GA 30327

Contact: Chris Hill

Phone: 404 949-3043

Distributes brands that contain 30 percent

postconsumer fiber.

International Paper

(Hammermill and Springhill Divisions)

6400 Poplar Avenue

Memphis, TN 38197

Contact: Steve VanVoorhis

Phone: 901 763-6000

Manufactures Springhill Incentive Tablet brand

that contains at least 30 percent postconsumer

fiber. (Special order)
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Paper Corporation of United States WWF Paper

161 Avenue of the Americas Two Bala Plaza

New York, NY 10013 Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004

Contacts: John Mulkern or Ray Darmstadt Contact: Paul Asavin, Vice President of

Phone: 800 462-0182 or 212 337-5521 Operations

Distributes a variety of brands that contain at

least 30 percent postconsumer fiber. (Special Sells brands made by International Paper,

order) Domtar, Fraser, and E.B. Eddy that contain at

PM Company

1500 Kemper Meadow

Cincinnati, OH 45240

Contact: Tracy Stark, Account Manager

Phone: 513 825-7626

Converts Add Rolls brand that contains at least 8779 Greenwood Place

30 percent postconsumer fiber and sells it to Savage, MD 20763

wholesalers. Contact: Hubert Scott

Phone: 800 922-6265, Ext. 1153

Ris Paper Company, Inc.

9101 East Hampton Drive that contains at least 30 percent postconsumer

Capitol Heights, MD 20743 fiber.

Contacts: Edmund Harrison or Mike Royce

Phone: 301 336-8833

Distributes Exact Index brand made by Wausau 1800 SW. First Avenue, Suite 300

that contains at least 30 percent postconsumer Portland, OR 97201

fiber. Contact: Customer Service 

Riverside Paper Corporation

800 South Lawe Street 30 percent postconsumer fiber.

Appleton, WI 54915

Contacts: George Holzknecht or Jim Hatchell

Phone: 920 991-2277 or 920 991-2278

Manufactures and distributes a variety of brands Oakland, CA 94612-3592

containing at least 30 percent postconsumer Contact: Katie Cutler

fiber. (Special order) Phone: 510 874-3458

Phone: 610 667-9210

least 30 percent postconsumer fiber. WWF only

sells to commercial markets, specifically the

regional Philadelphia area.

FORMS BOND

Alling and Cory

Distributes Spectratech brand made by Warren

Boise Cascade

Phone: 888 219-7437

Manufactures brands that contain at least

Crown Vantage

300 Lakeside Drive

Manufactures Reclaim Forms Bond brand that

contains at least 30 percent postconsumer fiber.

(Special orders of at least 5,000 pounds)
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Fort James Corporation Moore Business Forms

300 Lakeside Drive, Fourth Floor 5000 Executive Parkway, Suite 200

Oakland, CA 94612 San Ramon, CA 94583

Contact: Mary Plimpton Contact: Sales Representative

Phone: 510 874-3674 Phone: 510 901-5200

Manufactures Eureka! Forms Bond brand that

contains at least 30 percent postconsumer fiber.

Gallaher Paper Group, LLP

4401 Northside Parkway Contacts: John Mulkern or Ray Darmstadt

Suite 280 Phone: 800 462-0182 or 212 337-5521

Atlanta, GA 30327

Contact: Chris Hill Distributes a variety of brands that contain at

Phone: 404 949-3043 least 30 percent postconsumer fiber. 

Distributes brands that contain 30 percent

postconsumer fiber.

Georgia Pacific

55 Park Place Contact: Customer Service

Atlanta, GA 30303 Phone: 219 874-6226

Contacts: Gerry Rose or Carolyn Byl Fax: 219 874-3011

Phone: 404 652-8752

Manufactures Nekoosa brand that contains at computer paper that contains 100 percent

least 30 percent postconsumer fiber. postconsumer fiber.

International Paper Riverside Paper Corporation

(Hammermill and Springhill Divisions) 800 South Lawe Street

6400 Poplar Avenue Appleton, WI 54915

Memphis, TN 38197 Contacts: George Holzknecht or Jim Hatchell

Contact: Steve VanVoorhis Phone: 920 991-2277 or 920 991-2278

Phone: 901 763-6000

Manufactures Springhill Compucolor and containing at least 30 percent postconsumer

Springhill Incentive brands that contain at least fiber. (Special order)

30 percent postconsumer fiber. (Special order)

Fax: 510 901-5395

Paper Corporation of United States

161 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10013

(Special order)

Performance Computer Forms

251 North Roeske Avenue

Michigan City, IN 46360 

Manufactures Reform SB brand groundwood

Manufactures and distributes a variety of brands
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Rolland Incorporated Willamette Industries, Inc.

455 Avenue Rolland 9771A Southern Pine Boulevard

C.P./P.O. Box 850 Charlotte, NC 28273

St. Jerome, Quebec J7Z 5V6 Contact: Gary Schneider

Canada Phone: 800 523-7273

Contact: Carole Robitaille

Phone: 450 569-3913 Manufactures Forms Bond brand that contains at

Fax: 450 569-3947 least 30 percent postconsumer fiber.

Manufactures Rolland Motif (colors only) and

Rolland Evolution 50 brands that contain

30 percent postconsumer fiber and Rolland Two Bala Plaza

Evolution 100 brand that contains 75 percent Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004

postconsumer fiber. Contact: Paul Asavin, Vice President of

Shade/Allied Computer Forms 

P.O. Box 19730 Sells brands made by International Paper,

Green Bay, WI 54307-9730 Domtar, Fraser, and E.B. Eddy that contain at

Contact: Jim Haggerty, Plant Manager least 30 percent postconsumer fiber. WWF only

Phone: 800 477-4233 sells to commercial markets, specifically in the

Converts Infinity brand that contains 30 percent

postconsumer fiber and Shade and Allied brands

that both contain 50 percent postconsumer fiber.

Union Camp

1600 Valley Road Portland, OR 97201

Wayne, NJ 07470 Contact: Customer Service 

Contact: Scott Edwards, New Product Phone: 888 219-7437

Servicing Manager

Phone: 757 569-5126 Manufactures brands that contain at least

Manufactures various brands that contain at least

30 percent postconsumer fiber.

Unisource Worldwide, Inc.

8261 Preston Court Contact: Brian Cowie

Jessup, MD 20794-9681 Phone: 608 834-9900, Ext. 223

Contact: Leily Kiani

Phone: 800 344-5522, Ext. 223 Distributes Glama-lope 100 brand (wove) that

Distributes a variety of brands that contain at

least 30 percent postconsumer fiber.

WWF Paper

Operations

Phone: 610 667-9210

regional Philadelphia area.

ENVELOPES (wove, kraft, and unbleached)

Boise Cascade

1800 SW. First Avenue, Suite 300

30 percent postconsumer fiber.

CTI Paper USA, Inc. 

4785 Hayes Road

Madison, WI 53704

contains at least 30 percent postconsumer fiber.
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Double Envelope Company Leader Paper Products

7702 Plantation Road, NW. 935 South Fifth Street

Roanoke, VA 24019 Milwaukee, WI 53204

Contacts: John Draper or Joe Russo Contact: Richard Olejnic, Purchasing Manager

Phone: 540 362-3311 Phone: 414 645-5760

Manufactures a variety of brands that contain at Converts Polar White brand (stationery) that

least 30 percent postconsumer fiber. (Special contains at least 30 percent postconsumer fiber.

order) Leader’s products are sold through various

Fort James Corporation 

300 Lakeside Drive, Fourth Floor

Oakland, CA 94612 360 West Bugatti

Contact: Mary Plimpton Salt Lake City, UT 84115

Phone: 510 874-3674 Contact: Marv Marcus

Manufactures Eureka! 35 Envelope brand (white

wove) that contains at least 30 percent Distributes paper from Georgia Pacific, Boise

postconsumer fiber. Cascade, and Champion International that

Gallaher Paper Group, LLP

4401 Northside Parkway

Suite 280 117 Antrim Road

Atlanta, GA 30327 Bennington, NH 03442

Contact: Chris Hill Contact: Mary Ruoff

Phone: 404 949-3043 Phone: 603 588-3311

Distributes brands that contain 30 percent Manufactures Astrolite brand (white wove and

postconsumer fiber. stationery) that contains at least 30 percent

International Paper

(Hammermill and Springhill Divisions) Old Colony 

6400 Poplar Avenue

Memphis, TN 38197

Contact: Steve VanVoorhis

Phone: 901 763-6000

Manufactures Springhill Envelope Colors brand

that contains at least 30 percent postconsumer

fiber. (Special order)

distributors.

Mail-Well 1 Corporation

Phone: 800 766-3142 or 801 487-9681, Ext. 18

contains 30 percent postconsumer fiber.

Monadnock Paper Mills

postconsumer fiber. (Special order)

70 Turnpike Industrial Road

Westfield, MA 01085-1645

Contact: Joey Wiemansz, Director of 

Advertising and Marketing

Phone: 413 572-3575

Converts Neenah brand (cotton stationery) that

contains at least 30 percent postconsumer fiber.

Old Colony’s products are sold through various

distributors.
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Paper Corporation of United States Eastern Fine Paper, Inc.

161 Avenue of the Americas 517 South Main Street

New York, NY 10013 Brewer, ME 04412

Contacts: John Mulkern or Ray Darmstadt Contact: Terry Cyr, Customer Service

Phone: 800 462-0182 or 212 337-5521 Phone: 800 341-1750

Distributes a variety of brands that contain at Manufactures Certificate brand that contains at

least 30 percent postconsumer fiber. least 30 percent postconsumer fiber. 

(Special order) (Special order)

Union Camp Esleeck Manufacturing Company 

1600 Valley Road P.O. Box 717

Wayne, NJ 07470 Turners Falls, MA 01376

Contact: Scott Edwards, New Product Contact: O.B. Clifford, Vice President of 

Servicing Manager National Accounts

Phone: 757 569-5126 Phone: 413 863-4326

Manufactures White wove brand that contains at Manufactures and distributes Reissue Bond

least 30 percent postconsumer fiber. brand (cotton bond) that contains at least

30 percent postconsumer fiber. (Special order)

Westvaco 

299 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10171 P.O. Box 2215

Contact: Steve Anderson Appleton, WI 54913

Phone: 804 327-6509 Contact: Kristin Dooley, Marketing Coordinator

Manufactures Silver Spring brand (white wove)

that contains at least 30 percent postconsumer Manufactures Capital Bond and Fox River Select

fiber. 25 Cotton brands that contain at least

COTTON FIBER PAPER

Crane and Company 

30 South Street Neenah, WI 54957

Dalton, MA 01226 Contact: Trip Jobe, Merchant Brand Manager

Contact: Dianne Alderman Phone: 770 587-8709

Phone: 800 645-6858

Manufactures Crest-R and Crest-R Fluorescent Recycled, and Neenah Laser Recycled brands

White brands that contain at least 30 percent that contain at least 30 percent postconsumer

postconsumer fiber. fiber.

Fox River Paper Company 

Phone: 920 733-7341

30 percent postconsumer fiber.

Neenah Paper 

P.O. Box 2003

Manufactures Atlas Bond, Neenah Bond
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Paper Corporation of United States Boise Cascade

161 Avenue of the Americas 1800 SW. First Avenue, Suite 300

New York, NY 10013 Portland, OR 97201

Contacts: John Mulkern or Ray Darmstadt Contact: Customer Service 

Phone: 800 462-0182 or 212 337-5521 Phone: 888 219-7437

Distributes a variety of brands that contain at Manufactures brands that contain at least

least 30 percent postconsumer fiber. 30 percent postconsumer fiber.

(Special order) 

Strathmore Paper Company 

Two Gateway Boulevard Stanford, CT 06921

East Granby, CT 06026 Contact: Sue Mills

Contact: Jim Murphy, Product Manager Phone: 203 358-7631

Phone: 860 844-2400

Manufactures Strathmore Writing and Carnival brands that contain at least 30 percent

Strathmore Image brands that contain at least postconsumer fiber.

30 percent postconsumer fiber.

The Supply Cabinet, Inc.

9024-G Euclid Avenue Berkeley, CA 94740

Manassas, VA 20110 Contact: Kimberly Wine

Contact: Michael Carta Phone: 510 486-1616

Phone: 703 631-1498

Distributes Capital Bond brand made by Fox contains at least 30 percent postconsumer fiber.

River that contains 30 percent postconsumer (Special order)

fiber. 

TEXT AND COVER PAPER

Alling and Cory

8779 Greenwood Place Contacts: Louis Theirrien or Peter Gilbert

Savage, MD 20763 Phone: 514 848-5733 or 905 680-3219

Contact: Hubert Scott

Phone: 800 922-6265, Ext. 1153 Manufactures Sandpiper brand that contains 100

Distributes Spectratech and Worx brands made

by Warren and Fraser that contain at least

30 percent postconsumer fiber. 

Champion International 

One Champion Plaza

Manufactures Benefit, Mystique, and Champion

Dancing Tree Recycled Paper 

1013 Pardee Street, Suite 201

Manufactures PC 80 Eco-White brand that

Domtar Paper

395 de Maisonneuve Boulevard, 

West Montreal, Quebec H3A 1L6

Canada

percent postconsumer fiber.
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Eastern Fine Paper, Inc. Fraser Paper, Inc. 

517 South Main Street 70 Seaview Avenue, Suite 10055

Brewer, ME 04412 Stamford, CT 06902

Contact: Terry Cyr, Customer Service Contact: John Pettit

Phone: 800 341-1750 Phone: 203 705-2800

Manufactures Pristine Opaque and Eastern Manufactures Genesis brand that contains

Opaque brands that contain at least 30 percent 30 percent postconsumer fiber.

postconsumer fiber. (Special order)

Finch, Pruyn, & Company

One Glen Street Niles, MI 49120

Glens Falls, NY 12801 Contact: Tad Kline

Contact: Tom Lapham, National Sales Manager Phone: 616 683-1100

Phone: 518 793-2541, Ext. 5517

Manufactures Casablanca Opaque brand that 30 percent postconsumer fiber as regular stock,

contains 30 percent postconsumer fiber. (Special and Dur-O-Tone, Construction, and Rayon with

order) 30 percent postconsumer fiber. (Special order)

Fox River Paper Company George A. Whiting

P.O. Box 2215 P.O. Box 28

Appleton, WI 54913-2215 Menasha, WI 54952-0028

Contact: Kristin Dooley, Marketing Coordinator Contact: Tripp Whiting

Phone: 920 733-7341 Phone: 920 722-3351

Manufactures All Confetti, Fox River, and Quest Manufactures Closed Loop brand that contains

brands that contain 30 percent postconsumer 50 percent postconsumer fiber. 

fiber.

Frank Parsons Paper Company

2270 Beaver Road Atlanta, GA 30303

Landover, MD 20785-3277 Contacts: Gerry Rose or Carolyn Byl

Contact: Robert Kingsley Phone: 404 652-8752

Phone: 301 386-4700

Distributes Environment, Quest, Genesis, and 30 percent postconsumer fiber. 

Renewal brands made by Neenah Paper

Company, Fox River Paper Company, Fraser,

and Strathmore that contain at least 30 percent

postconsumer fiber. 

French Paper 

100 French Street

Manufactures Speckletone brand that contains

Georgia Pacific

55 Park Place

Manufactures Proterra brand that contains
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Gilbert Paper Company Strathmore Paper Company

P.O. Box 260 Two Gateway Boulevard

Menasha, WI 54952 East Granby, CT 06026

Contact: Patty Hoffman Contact: Jim Murphy

Phone: 920 722-7721 Phone: 860 844-2400

Manufactures Gilbert Oxford and Gilcrest Manufactures Renewal, Writing Text, Writing

brands that contain 30 percent postconsumer Cover, Writing Cover Bristol, Script Cover, 

fiber. Image Cover, Elements, and Grandee brands that

Mohawk Paper Mills 

465 Saratoga Street

Cohoes, NY 12047 8261 Preston Court

Contact: Michelle Carpenter, Environmental Jessup, MD 20794-9681

Compliance Administrator Contact: Leily Kiani

Phone: 518 233-6378 Phone: 800 344-5522, Ext. 223

Manufactures four brands in Options line that Distributes a variety of brands that contain at

contain 30 percent postconsumer fiber. They do least 30 percent postconsumer fiber. 

not currently sell products to the government.

Neenah Paper 

P.O. Box 2003 La Salle, Quebec H8R 3WI

Neenah, WI 54957 Canada

Contact: Margaret Pond Contact: Bain Spielman

Phone: 770 587-8709 Phone: 403 250-7850

Manufactures a wide variety of brands that Distributes brands made by Fraser, Fox River,

contain 30 percent postconsumer fiber. French Paper, Georgia-Pacific, Neenah,

Paper Corporation of United States

161 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10013

Contacts: John Mulkern or Ray Darmstadt

Phone: 800 462-0182 or 212 337-5521

Distributes a variety of brands that contain at Toronto, Ontario M5J 2P5

least 30 percent postconsumer fiber. Canada

(Special order) Contact: Marketing Department

contain 30 percent postconsumer fiber. 

Unisource Worldwide, Inc.

Unisource Canada 

9440 Clement Street

Champion, and Gilbert that contain 30 percent

postconsumer fiber.

SUPERCALENDERED

Abitibi-Price

207 Queens Way, West

Phone: 212 603-1400

Fax: 212 603-1524
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Consolidated Papers, Inc.

P.O. Box 8050 

Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495

Contact: Purchasing/Sales 

Phone: 800 322-7377, Ext. 3000

Fax: 800 322-7377, Ext. 3611

Lake Superior Paper Industries

(A Division of Consolidated Papers, Inc.)

P.O. Box 8050

Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495

Contact: Purchasing/Sales

Phone: 800 322-7377, Ext. 3000

Fax: 800 322-7377, Ext. 3611

PAPETERIES

Mead Corporation 

Courthouse Plaza, NE.

Dayton, OH 45463

Contact: Corporate Communications

Phone: 937 495-3313

Fax: 937 495-3631

Manufactures a variety of brands that contain at

least 30 percent postconsumer fiber. (Special

order)

CHECK SAFETY PAPER

Boise Cascade

1800 SW. First Avenue, Suite 300

Portland, OR 97201

Contact: Customer Service 

Phone: 888 219-7437
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COATED PRINTING AND WRITING PAPERS

COATED PRINTING PAPER Domtar Papers

Champion

One Champion Plaza Canada

Stamford, CT 06921 Contact: Louis Thierrien

Contact: Angela Hill Phone: 514 848-5331

Phone: 800 348-1770 Fax: 514 848-6609

Fax: 203 358-7603

Consolidated Papers, Inc.

P.O. Box 8050 Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 4L5

Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495 Canada

Contact: Purchasing/Sales Contact: Cathy Avery, Product Manager

Phone: 800 322-7377, Ext. 3000 Phone: 800 267-9971

Fax: 800 322-7377, Ext. 3611 Fax: 800 636-6612

Crown Vantage Fort James Corporation

300 Lakeside Drive 300 Lakeside Drive, Fourth Floor

Oakland, CA 94612-3592 Oakland, CA 94612

Contact: Katie Cutler Contact: Sales Department

Phone: 510 874-3458 Phone: 510 874-3518

Fax: 510 874-3531 Fax: 510 874-3463

Daiei Papers Corporation Inter Lake Papers

200 Lanidex Plaza

Parsippany, NJ 07054

Contact: Customer Service

Phone: 973 952-0400

Fax: 973 742-2239

Dancing Tree

1013 Pardee Street, Suite 201

Berkeley, CA 94740

Contact: Kimberly Wine

Phone: 510 486-1616

Fax: 510 486-0383

395 de Maisonneuve Boulevard, West

Montreal, Quebec H3A 1L6

E.B. Eddy 

1600 Scott Street

(A division of Consolidated Papers, Inc.)

433 North Main Street

Kimberly, WI 54136

Contact: Earl Porter

Phone: 920 788-8407

Fax: 920 788-8407

International Paper 

(Coated Paper & Springhill Divisions)

6400 Poplar Avenue

Memphis, TN 38197

Contact: Seven VanVoorhis

Phone: 901 763-6774 

Fax: 901 763-7104
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Island Paper Mills Repap Enterprises, Inc.

P.O. Box 2170 1250 Rene-Levesque Boulevard, West

New Westminster, British Columbia V3L 5A5 Suite 3800

Canada Montreal, Quebec H3B 4W8

Contact: Customer Service Canada

Phone: 604 527-2616 Contact: John LaFace

Fax: 604 520-3965 Phone: 514 846-6258

J.B. Papers

P.O. Box 1147

Pittsfield, MA 01202 225 Franklin Street

Contact: Joe Keleher Boston, MA 02110

Phone: 908 964-4500 Contact: Joyce Mayer

Fax: 908 964-6725 Phone: 617 423-5445

Kanzaki Specialty Papers, Inc.

1500 Main Street, Suite 2216

Springfield, MA 01115-5389 1600 Valley Road

Contact: H.H. Collina, Jr. Wayne, NJ 07470

Phone: 413 967-6204 Contact: Scott Edwards, New Product Servicing

Fax: 413 967-5723 Manager

Niagara Paper Corporation

(A division of Consolidated Papers, Inc.) Unisource Canada

P.O. Box 8050

Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-8050

Contact: Purchasing Department

Phone: 800 322-7377, Ext. 3000

Fax: 800 322-7377, Ext. 3611

Potlatch Corporation

P.O. Box 193591 

San Francisco, CA 94119-3591 U.K. Paper North America

Contact: Sheri Peterson

Phone: 281 879-1082

Fax: 281 879-1005

Fax: 514 846-1313

S.D. Warren

Fax: 617 423-5491

Union Camp

Phone: 757 569-5126

(A division of Unisource Worldwide, Inc.)

9440 Clement Street

La Salle, Quebec H8R 3W1

Canada

Contact: Sales Department

Phone: 514 367-3111

Fax: 514 367-2793

1600 Johnson Way

Newcastle, DE 19720

Contact: Customer Service

Phone: 800 220-8577

Fax: 302 326-1277
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Westvaco Mead Corporation 

299 Park Avenue Courthouse Plaza, NE.

New York, NY 10171 Dayton, OH 45463

Contact: Fine Paper Sales Department Contact: Corporate Communications

Phone: 212 688-5000 Phone: 937 495-3313

Fax: 212 318-5040 Fax: 937 495-3631

Zanders

100 Demarest Drive

Wayne, NJ 07470-6777

Contact: Sales Department

Phone: 888 305-9291 5000 Executive Parkway, Suite 200

Fax: 201 305-1888 San Ramon, CA 94583

Zellerbach

P.O. Box 469 

Miamisburg, OH 45343-0469 Converts and distributes a wide variety of brands

Contact: Sales Department that contain 30 percent postconsumer fiber.

Phone: 937 495-6000

Fax: 937 495-6010

CARBONLESS

Alling and Cory

8779 Greenwood Place

Savage, MD 20763 Distributes a variety of brands that contain at

Contact: Hubert Scott least 30 percent postconsumer fiber. 

Phone: 800 922-6265, Ext. 1153 (Special order) 

Distributes Recover brand made by Appleton

that contains at least 30 percent postconsumer

fiber. 1500 Kemper Meadow Drive

Appleton Papers, Inc.

P.O. Box 359

Appleton, WI 54912 Converts and distributes a wide variety of brands

Contact: Mark Moorhead, Senior Marketing that contain 30 percent postconsumer fiber. PM

Manager, Carbonless Roll Products sells to office supply wholesalers; they do not do

Phone: 920 991-8118 direct retail sales.

Manufactures a wide variety of brands that

contain 30 percent postconsumer fiber. Appleton

sells to converters.

Manufactures a variety of brands that contain

30 percent postconsumer fiber. (Special order)

Moore Business Forms 

Contact: Bob Mardon, Government 

Coordinator, National Pricing

Phone: 847 615-6631

Paper Corporation of United States

161 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10013

Contacts: John Mulkern or Ray Darmstadt

Phone: 800 462-0182 or 212 337-5521

PM Company

Cincinnati, OH 45240

Contact: Tracy Stark, Account Manager

Phone: 513 825-7626
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The Supply Cabinet, Inc.

9024-G Euclid Avenue

Manassas, VA 20110

Contact: Michael Carta

Phone: 703 631-1498

Distributes Recycled Carbonless Paper brand

made by Imation that contains at least

30 percent postconsumer fiber.
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BRISTOLS

Fraser Paper, Inc. CARDS (index, postal, and others)

70 Seaview Avenue, Suite 10055

Stamford, CT 

Contact: Sales Department (Hammermill and Springhill Divisions)

Phone: 800 920-9988 6400 Poplar Avenue

Fax: 203 705-2265 Memphis, TN 38197

Manufactures rolls and sheets of bristol paper Phone: 901 763-6774 

that contain 30 percent postconsumer fiber. Fax: 901 763-7104

Fraser Paper, Inc., sells their bristol paper to

merchants who sell it to converters. Converters Manufactures postcards and index cards that

then produce file folders, dyed filing products, contain 50 percent postconsumer fiber and

cards, pressboard report covers and binders, and 50 percent preconsumer fiber.

tags and tickets.

FILE FOLDERS/FILING PRODUCTS

(manila and dyed)

FiberMark 

(Formerly Specialty Paperboard) Fax: 504 532-2969

P.O. Box 498

Brattleboro, VT 05302

Contact: Sales Department

Phone: 802 257-0365 228 South Main Street

Fax: 802 257-5973 Spring Grove, PA 17362-1118

Manufactures file folders that contain Phone: 717 225-4711

20 percent postconsumer fiber. Fax: 717 225-5400

International Paper Westvaco

(Hammermill and Springhill Divisions) 

6400 Poplar Avenue

Memphis, TN 38197

Contact: Steve Van Voorhis

Phone: 901 763-6000

Manufactures Two-Sided Green, Colored, and

all Government, Hi-Yield, and Recycled brands

that contain 30 percent postconsumer fiber.

(Special order)

International Paper 

Contact: Seven Van Voorhis

Nicolaus Paper Inc.

139 Joe Brown Road

Lockport, LA 70374

Contact: Sales Department

Phone: 504 532-3313

P.H. Glaffelter

Contact: Sales Department

299 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10171

Contact: Fine Paper Sales Department

Phone: 212 688-5000

Fax: 212 318-5040
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PRESSBOARD REPORT COVERS 

AND BINDERS

FiberMark 

(Formerly Specialty Paperboard)

P.O. Box 498

Brattleboro, VT 05302

Contact: Sales Department

Phone: 802 257-0365

Fax: 802 257-5973

TAGS AND TICKETS

Union Camp

1600 Valley Road

Wayne, NJ 07470

Contact: Scott Edwards, New Product Servicing

Manager

Phone: 757 569-5126

Wausau Paper Mills

P.O. Box 1408

Wausau, WI 54402-1408

Contact: Sales Department

Phone: 800 950-9767

Fax: 715 675-8333
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DEFINITIONS

BASIS WEIGHT

The weight in pounds of a ream (500 sheets) of paper cut to a given standard size for that grade.

BOND AND WRITING PAPER

Originally a cotton-containing writing or printing paper designed for the printing of bonds and legal

documents and distinguishable by superior strength, performance, and durability. This term is now

applied to papers for less demanding applications such as letterheads, business forms, and the like. 

Because of the broad-spectrum applications involved, bond and writing paper is now made from cotton

and/or chemical wood pulps in basis weights ranging from 13 to 24 pounds (17x22-500).

BOOK PAPER

A generic category of papers produced in a variety of forms, weights, and finishes for use in books and

other graphic arts applications.

BRIGHTNESS

A measure of the degree of reflectivity of a sheet of pulp or paper for blue light, measured under specified

standard conditions. Same as whiteness.

BRISTOLS 

Types of heavy grade papers possessing higher than average quality characteristics. They are rigid enough

to be used in the manufacture of various announcements, invitations, postcards, and other similarly used

products.

CARBONLESS PAPER

A reproduction paper coated on one side with a waxy, carbonlike, impact sensitive, mechanical transfer

coating and used primarily in producing typewritten multiple copies. Paper stock specialty treated or

coated to provide copies without the use of interleaved carbon or carbon coating; the transfer type requires

contact of two surfaces either by mechanical or chemical means, and the other self-contained type contains

both coatings on one sheet. Also called NCR paper. Prior to 1983, carbonless paper contained PCBs.

COATED PAPER

Any paper that has been coated with a pigment and adhesive. Coated paper can be coated on a paper

machine or off machine. The former is called machine-coated, and the latter, conversion-coated. The

pigment used is normally clay, but might be titanium dioxide, calcium carbonate, or other materials,

usually in combinations. The adhesive is normally starch, latex, or a protein, or a combination thereof. 

Coated papers are referred to by a number which corresponds to a certain brightness level (#1 is the

highest quality brightness, and #5 is the lowest).

COATED FREESHEET

Coated paper containing 25 percent or less mechanical pulp.

COATED GROUNDWOOD

Coated paper containing more than 25 percent mechanical pulp.
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COMMODITY PAPERS

Term used to classify low-end qualities of papers. Commodity paper grades include book, copy, envelope,

form bond, laser, ledger, offset, opaque. Commodity tissue grades include napkins, facial, and bathroom

tissue.

COPY PAPERS

Class of papers normally used for office copiers. Main grades are electrostatic, bond, spirit duplicating,

stencil duplicating (mimeographic), and a number of more specialized papers such as blueprint, diazo,

white print, and others.

COTTON FIBER CONTENT PAPERS

Paper that contains a minimum of 25 percent and up to 100 percent cellulose fibers derived from lint

cotton, cotton linters, and cotton or linen cloth cuttings. It is used for stationery, currency, ledgers,

invitations, maps, and other specialty applications.

COVER PAPER

A heavyweight paper commonly used for covers, books, brochures, pamphlets, and other similar

applications.

DIRECTORY PAPER

Lightweight grade of uncoated groundwood paper having good strength properties. Commonly used in

printing catalogs, pamphlets, and telephone directories.

ENVELOPE PAPER

Any type of paper used in making envelopes.

FIBER

A threadlike body or filament, many times longer than its diameter. Paper pulps are composed of cellulose

fibers, usually of vegetable origin, such as woods and grasses.

FORM BOND

Lightweight commodity paper designed primarily for business forms including computer printout and

carbonless paper forms.

FREESHEET PAPER

A sheet of paper that contains no mechanical pulp fibers or is made of pulp that has been subjected to the

very minimum of refining. In actuality, some “free” sheets can contain small amounts of mechanical pulp. 

Also known as “woodfree” or “groundwood free.”

GROUNDWOOD PAPER

Any paper that is made from a furnish containing a large percentage of mechanical pulp.

INTEGRATED MILL

A paper mill that manufactures its own pulp.
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LEDGER PAPER

Smooth finished paper used for business ledgers and other purposes for which strength, absence of glare,

and suitability for pen writing are required. It must be easily erasable. In addition, it must meet

requirements for printing headings and ruling.

NEWSPRINT

A grade of paper made especially for use in the printing of newspapers. Newsprint is the most

inexpensive paper available that will withstand printing and contains mostly mechanical (groundwood)

pulp.

MECHANICAL (OR GROUNDWOOD) PULP

Pulp produced by reducing pulpwood logs and chips into their fiber components by the use of mechanical

energy, via grinding stones, refiners, etc.

OFFSET PAPER

Well-sized paper made with the characteristics most suitable for use in offset printing.

OPAQUE PAPER

Paper to which an opacifier is added during the papermaking process to reduce the amount of show

through of dark printing in contact with the backside of the final product.

POSTCONSUMER FIBER

Paper, paperboard, and fibrous wastes from retail stores, office buildings, homes, and so forth, after they

have passed through their end-usage as a consumer item; and all paper, paperboard, and fibrous wastes

that enter and are collected from municipal solid waste.

RECOVERED FIBER

All postconsumer fiber and manufacturing wastes such as dry paper and paperboard generated after

completion of the papermaking process; and repulped finished paper and paperboard from obsolete

inventories of paper and paperboard manufacturers, merchants, wholesalers, dealers, printers, converters,

or others. 

SPECIALTY GRADES

Papers made with unique characteristics and properties suitable for specific purposes or in accordance

with special order specifications. These grades usually cannot be used for anything other than their

intended special purpose. Specialty paper grades include bond and writing, bristols, carbonless, cottonfiber, cover, index, tablet, and text. Specialty tissue grades include deep colored tissue, wipes, wrapping

material, and protective packing.

SUPERCALENDERED PAPER

Groundwood paper whose surface has a higher-than-normal glaze obtained by passing it through a

supercalender. These papers have high clay filler content.

TEXT PAPER

A general term applied to various grades of printing papers that are made for the specific use of bookwork. 

This type of paper is used in making deluxe editions and fancy stationery.
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UNCOATED FREESHEET

A grade of paper made up of essentially all chemical pulp with no mechanical pulp and without any

applied sheet coating material. It is used for printing and writing purposes.

UNCOATED GROUNDWOOD

A grade of paper that has properties similar to newsprint and is used as inexpensive printing paper for

directories, catalogs, advertising circulars, periodicals, etc.