Today it is usually referred to as cotton fiber paper. REAM Commonly understood as five hundred sheets of fine paper. A term referring to the impression of a design, pattern or symbol in a sheet while it is being formed on the paper machine wire. It appears in the finished sheet as either a lighter or darker area than the rest of the paper. Paper materials generally require de-inking before processing, and are generated by retail stores, offices, buildings, homes etc.
Some desirable characteristics are more opacity, density and flexibility or suppleness.
The process which removes inks, clays, coatings, binders and other containment from printed and converted waste paper. Primary and secondary sludge waste is generated, but can be used on farmlands or marketed as compost.