Over 6.7 million tons of office paper are generated each year. Office paper should be sorted by type to get the highest price. Ledger paper should be sorted into white and colored.
White ledger includes typing, photocopy and scratch paper, plus white tabulating and index cards.
Colored ledger paper includes the same types of paper as white paper, only in colors. Astro bright copy paper cannot be recycled in colored ledger paper. Office pack is accepted by some recycling centers, and is made up of the papers typically found in an office. It is a lower- grade than CPO and ledger paper. The following recycling operations accept office paper.