Sorted Office Paper (SOP)

Sorted Office Paper, as typically generated by offices, shall consist of clean, sorted ledger & writing papers, free of brown grades, cardboard, boxboard, may contain up to 10% groundwood paper fibre content. It should be free of carbon and principally from carbonless copy paper (CCP)/ no carbon required (NCR), less than 5% unbleached fibres including manila envelopes and file covers.

Bales shall be compressed into secure uniform bundles, not to exceed 72" in any dimension any with a minimum weight of 1,000 lbs., Bale ties may be wire, strapping or appropriate bale cordage. (unless otherwise declared by individual buyers). Prohibitive materials may not exceed 2%.Total outthrows may not exceed 5%.