RESPONSIBLE RECYCLING – ALWAYS!
Here at Highlander, we offer a responsible and compliant paper and cardboard recycling service, collecting materials like old corrugated containers and packaging (OCC), Newspapers (NEWS), Periodicals and Magazines (PAMS), multi-grade printing waste, sorted office waste, solid board cuttings and many more different types of wastepaper grades.
All paper and cardboard waste materials collected from customers, are returned to our East Kilbride Recycling Centre to be graded, sorted and packaged into large bales – these in turn are sold to paper mills who will reprocess the material, which will be turned into brand-new paper or cardboard products. Making paper products from paper waste recycling is far more energy and carbon efficient, than simply disposing of it via landfill or RDF and thus, helps to protect the environment.
As sustainable paper-based packaging becomes more popular, most companies now generate some cardboard and paper packaging as well as other wastepaper grades in their daily operations. With daily collections throughout central Scotland and a large fleet of over 20 vehicles at our disposal, we can provide a flexible service to suit your recycling needs.
There is no minimum quantity for collections, and we are sure you will find our prices to be very competitive across all paper grades – we can even provide you recycling machinery (click here for more details) or a wide range of recycling containers (click here for more details) to make the recycling process even easier for you!
WHAT TYPES OF CARDBOARD AND WASTE PAPER DO WE RECYCLE?
As paper and cardboard recycling specialists, we deal in all grades of paper waste and can guide you to a solution that works for you. We will help you maximise the value of your recycling materials and minimise the volume of waste you send to landfill, while reducing overall costs and improving disposal efficiency across your business operations.
We accept:
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OCC (Old Corrugated Containers)
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Redundant Paper Packaging (All types)
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Multi-grade printing waste
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Sorted office waste
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Best white 1 & 2 trim and slab
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News and pams
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Mixed paper
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Over issue news
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Solid board cuttings (scan, grey, kraft and poly-coat)
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Most other types of wastepaper on the market
HOW YOU CAN IMPROVE THE PAPER WASTE RECYCLING PROCESS
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Try and keep your wastepaper or cardboard recycling materials as dry as possible. Some moisture can be tolerated in certain grades, but this is usually around a maximum of 10%. While we know this is not easy in a beautiful but wet country like Scotland, we have solutions such as containers that can assist in keeping moisture to a minimum.
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Bales of paper or cardboard of any grade should be secured by a minimum of four steel wires to preserve the bale’s integrity. If a wire breaks, or a bale goes loose – don’t worry - we can still offer a collection and recycling solution in these and most types of situations.
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Try to keep paper separate from cardboard, corrugate and boards as this helps retain better values. Mixed paper is the lowest valued waste paper grade on the market, so if there is scope to keep grades separate, we will assist you in developing a recycling solution that is efficient and which achieves best value, at all times.
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Wastepaper should be free from contaminants such as metal (staples are ok), plastic (Sellotape is ok), glass, textiles, wood, sand, building materials, synthetic materials, synthetic papers and all other non-paper materials. All these contaminating materials cause different types of problems in the recycling process, resulting in lower values for your recycling products and possible disposal at non-recycling routes such as landfill or RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel) - avoid these as much as possible to minimise waste costs.
CONTACT US NOW FOR A QUOTE
Quick and convenient, our paper and cardboard recycling service can give you one less thing to worry about. Contact the team at Highlander International Recycling in Scotland for more information.