Smurfit Kappa North America Recycling

Smurfit Kappa is one of the leading providers of paper-based packaging solutions in the world, with around 45,000 employees in approximately 370 production sites across 34 countries and with revenue of €8.1 billion in 2015.

White woodfree lightly printed shavings with glue, free from paper coloured in the mass.
May contain a maximum of 10% of mechanical pulp-based paper.

This category normally consists 100% PRE-CONSUMER MATERIAL according to FSC® STD 40.007.

The content of all supplies meet the definitions and the descriptions given in the CEPI EN643 standard.

Technical characteristics
Maximum effort will be given to prevent the following prohibited paper categories being mixed in the recovered paper supplies:
Contaminated recovered paper and board from hospitals
Recovered paper and board which have contained chemicals or foodstuffs
Covering materials such as paper used for covering furniture during repaired and painting work
Bales mainly
Old archives from libraries, offices etc., if they contain PCBs
Assurance of storage and transport conditions which protect against cross contamination i.e. by hazardous substances or bad odour
Supplied bales will be labelled with an agreed supplier code, which is typically a 3-digit number sprayed on bales or on a label attached to the trailer side of bale
Markets
Paper