City of Sunnyvale Waste Characterization Report

Appendix A: Material Type Definitions
Paper
City of Sunnyvale Waste Characterization Report
1. Uncoated Corrugated Cardboard usually has three layers. The center wavy layer is
sandwiched between the two outer layers. It does not have any wax coating on the inside or
outside and is free of food contamination. Examples include entire cardboard containers,
such as shipping and moving boxes, computer packaging cartons, and sheets and pieces of
boxes and cartons. This type does not include chipboard boxes such as cereal and tissue
boxes.
2. Kraft Bags/Kraft Paper means bags and sheets made from kraft paper. The paper may be
brown (unbleached) or white (bleached). Examples include paper fast food bags,
department store bags, and heavyweight sheets of kraft packing paper.
3. Kraft Grocer Bags means bags originating from a grocer made from kraft paper. The paper
may be brown (unbleached) or white.
4. Newspaper means paper used in newspapers. Examples include newspaper and glossy
inserts found in newspapers, and all items made from newsprint, such as free advertising
guides, election guides, and tax instruction booklets.
5. Other Office Paper means paper used in offices. Examples include white paper used in
photocopiers and laser printers, letter paper , colored ledger, computer paper, manila
folders, manila envelopes, index cards, white envelopes, white window envelopes,
notebook paper, ground wood computer paper, junk mail, and carbonless forms.
6. Catalogs, Directories, Magazines, and Phonebooks means either items made of glossy
coated paper or thin paper between coated covers. These items are bound along the spine
with glue. Examples include magazines, catalogs, brochures, pamphlets, whole or damaged
telephone books, yellow pages, and real estate listings.
7. Compostable Paper means paper not defined in other categories that can be composted,
such as paper towels, paper cups, paper plates, paper take-away food packaging, tissues,
pizza boxes, and waxed cardboard boxes.
8. Aseptic Packaging means packaging that is multilayer, often including a paper layer, a foil
layer, and a plastic layer. Most aseptic packaging has a foil/plastic pull tab for as an opener.
Examples include some juice boxes, milk cartons, some soymilk cartons, and some broth
cartons.
9. Poly-coated Paperboard Packaging means packaging that is made of a stiffer paperboard
and coated with a plastic lining. Examples include milk cartons, orange juice cartons, and
other juice cartons.
10. Other Miscellaneous Paper means items made mostly of paper that are used for things
other than food, and that do not fit into any of the other paper types. Paper may be
combined with minor amounts of other materials such as wax or glues. Examples include
chipboard packaging such as tissue boxes, paperboard boxes for software, paper sleeves for
CD or DVD cases, paper packaging for over-the-counter medications, boxes for games,
containers for printer ink or toner cartridges, and non-corrugated consumer electronics
packaging.
_ 56 November 2010