What generally makes a magazine a magazine is the shiny and
slightly thicker paper it is printed on. Is this type of paper recyclable?
Absolutely.
Paper is categorized by factors such as grade and weight.
The weight of a particular type of paper is calculated by the weight of a ream
(500 sheets). Forty pound paper is a thinner paper than the 70lb variety. “Weight
has not only an effect on the feel of the magazine (heavier paper will
generally be thicker and less easy to fold) but also shipping/mailing costs of
the final magazine.”
Grade takes in to consideration a
paper’s composition and certain characteristics such as the brightness, bulk,
and overall feel of paper. A number 5 paper grade, for example, has the lowest
brightness with less white and less of a uniform texture. A number 3-grade
paper has a mid-range brightness, and a number 1 grade paper has the highest
brightness level. Most magazines run on a number 3 or number 5 grade stock.
Other grades of paper include freesheet,
groundwood, uncoated offset, supercalendared, standard coated fine, coated
mechanical, woodfree, and coated offset which are described by having a matte,
dull, or glossy finish.
Magazines, however, tend to have free
samples throughout their pages, such as perfume and make-up. Considering the
paper recycling process entails mixing the paper with water and churning it up
to make slurry, these samples would hinder the process by the addition of oils
and materials that do not mix well with water.
Regardless of the weight or grade of
paper on which your magazine was printed, most recycling centers accept it.
Once you remove the samples from a magazine, you may place it right into your
regular residential recycling or recycling drop-off center.
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