Paper & Card

Overview

Paper and card wastes include any single one or mixture of the following: Paper, card, board, board/plastic composites and other paper composite products. Most of this waste arises from offices and packaging.

Due to the fact paper and card are derived from trees it is important that, if it is to be sustainable, paper and card waste is recycled so the rate at which these materials are used does not exceed the rate at which the trees can grow.

In addition to recycling, a significant portion of paper and card waste is sent to energy recovery facilities, totaling 566,000 tonnes in 2014. ‌

Macro Tonnages

The most recent information published by DEFRA is summarized in the pie chart below, with 6,989,853 tonnes of paper & cardboard wastes generated in the UK in 2016 as part of the broader tonnage reported in UK Waste Tonnage:

Paper and Cardboard Wastes
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Data Table
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (AFF)	8,425
Mining and Quarrying (MQ)	1,168
Industrial (Ind)	1,329,827
Construction (Con)	20,000
Commercial (Com)	4,535,548
Household (HH)	1,094,886

The macro numbers above under report the total paper & card put into the market as the macro numbers exclude tonnage in mixed categories. The macro numbers also do not breakdown the component elements of paper & card, but the following headers in the page are the materials as handled by local authorities and as reported through WasteDataFlow.

Books

Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 500 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.

Authority	Stream	Facility	Operator	Address	Material	Tonnes
Bromley LB	Source segregated recyclate	Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)	Multiple destinations	Multiple	Books	1,537.94	{{{date}}}
West Sussex County Council	Source segregated recyclate	Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)	DS Smith Paper Ltd	Kemsley Paper Mill, Kemsley, Sittingbourne, Kent	Books	947.36	{{{date}}}
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council	Source segregated recyclate	Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)	Other/Exempt	JMP WILCOX & CO LTD, BELDRAY WORKS, BELDRAY ROAD BILSTON, WOLVERHAMPTON, WEST MIDLANDS , WV14 7NH	Books	713.07	{{{date}}}
Birmingham City Council	Source segregated recyclate	Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)	Other/Exempt	Books Wilcox Beldray Works, Beldray Road, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV14 7NHTetiles and footwear a number of charities	Books	669.23	{{{date}}}
Wandsworth LB	Source segregated recyclate	Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)	Other/Exempt	Chris Carey's CollectionsRaymond HouseCricket LaneBeckenhamKentBR3 1LW	Books	574.99	{{{date}}}
East Riding of Yorkshire Council	Source segregated recyclate	Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)	Other/Exempt	Wilcox Industrial Supply Co. Beldray Works, Beldray Road Bilston, West Midlands WV14 7NH	Books	527.00	{{{date}}}

Card

Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 10000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.

Authority	Stream	Facility	Operator	Address	Material	Tonnes
Worcestershire County Council	Source segregated recyclate	Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)	Dew Mr David & Dew Mr Jonathan	Unit 100, Blackpole Road, Blackpole Trading Estate, Worcester, Worcestershire	Card	33,990.98	{{{date}}}
Birmingham City Council	Source segregated recyclate	Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)	Smurfit Kappa UK Ltd	Mount Street, Nechells, Birmingham	Card	18,203.36	{{{date}}}
Bristol City Council	Source segregated recyclate	Exporter - recycling (qu19)	Kier M G Limited	Bristol Waste Recycling Facility, Albert Road, St Philips, Bristol, Avon	Card	12,732.40	{{{date}}}

Mixed Paper & Card

Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 10000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.

Authority	Stream	Facility	Operator	Address	Material	Tonnes

Paper

Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 7000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.

Authority	Stream	Facility	Operator	Address	Material	Tonnes
Somerset Waste Partnership	Source segregated recyclate	Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)	DS Smith Paper Ltd	Kemsley Paper Mill, Kemsley, Sittingbourne, Kent	Paper	9,979.69	{{{date}}}
Lancashire County Council	Source segregated recyclate	Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)	Recycling Lives Ltd	D1/ D2 Longridge Road, Red Scar Bus Park, Preston, Lancashire	Paper	8,725.31	{{{date}}}
Vale of Glamorgan Council	Source segregated recyclate	Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)	Cowbridge Compost Ltd	The Lodge, Llwynhelig, Gibbots Hill, Cowbridge, Vale Of Glamorgan	Paper	8,502.31	{{{date}}}
Pembrokeshire County Council	Comingled recyclate	Materials recovery facility	A J Recycling Ltd	Meigan Wells, Blaenfodd, Boncath, Pembrokeshire	Paper	7,459.55	{{{date}}}
St Helens MBC	Source segregated recyclate	Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)	Biffa Waste Services Ltd	Pocket Nook Resource Management Centre, Pocket Nook Street, St Helens, Warrington, Cheshire	Paper	7,451.41	{{{date}}}