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Office copier paper products: Australian 80

1. Paper information

Brand owner Spicers Paper
Paper Product / Brand name Australian 80
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Last updated 20 March 2013 11:32

2. Paper mill

Company Maryvale Mill, Australian Paper
Location Australia
Website http://www.australianpaper.com.au

3. Contact details

Company details

Company Spicers Paper
Address 55 Business Parade North, Highbrook
City Auckland
Contact Jeff Strom
Phone 09 925 3000
Email jeff.strom@spicerspaper.co.nz
Website http://www.spicerspaper.co.nz

Resellers

Resellers Corporate Express, OfficeMax NZ Ltd

4. Product details

SECTION 1

1.1 Product Type
What type of product is this?
White paper

1.2 Product Market
Which market is this product intended for?
Commercial

SECTION 2 (Star Categories)

2.1 Recycled content (50% or more Post consumer recycled fibre content) ()
Post-consumer waste includes waste from industrial paper consumers (e.g. Printers, packaging companies) but not in-house recycling at paper mills (mill broke) or waste products from the forestry/timber/saw mill industry.

Post-consumer recycled fibre content:
% of pulp 80%

2.2 Legal () and sustainable () fibre

Does all of the pulp come from legally harvested and sustainably produced timber resources, recycled sources or non-timber sources? (Multiple options possible)

Total Recycled Fibre:
% of pulp 80%
Document: AP-all certs - Aust80 & Reflex (PDF, 3 MB, Expires: 14 Jul 2014)

Virgin timber fibre from legal and sustainable sources:
% of pulp 20%
Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC)
Document: AP-all certs - Aust80 & Reflex (PDF, 3 MB, Expires: 14 Jul 2014)
Document: AP-all certs - Aust80 & Reflex (PDF, 3 MB, Expires: 14 Jul 2014)

Non Timber natural fibre:
% of pulp 0%
Percentage of Bagasse 0%
Percentage of Bamboo 0%
Percentage of Cotton 0%
Percentage of Hemp 0%
Percentage of Seaweed 0%
Other fibres, percentage 0%

2.3 Pulp bleaching ()

Is the pulp either not bleached or bleached using technologies that eliminate or minimise the discharge of chlorinated compounds?
Percentage of pulp not bleached 0%
Percentage of pulp TCF or PCF 80%
Percentage of pulp ECF 20%
Percentage of pulp EC 0%
Other technology, percentage 0%
Document: AP-all certs - Aust80 & Reflex (PDF, 3 MB, Expires: 14 Jul 2014)

2.4 Ecolabel ()

Is this product licensed to carry a life cycle impacts ISO 14024 Type 1 Ecolabel audited by an independent third party?
No

SECTION 3

3.1 Recommended application
Recommended uses for this paper.
Copying - Low-medium volume
Not specified.
Copying - High volume
Not specified.
Copying - Colour
Not specified.
Printing - Laser (low-med volume only)
Not specified.
Printing - Laser (high volume)
Not specified.
Printing - Digital
Not specified.
Printing - Inkjet (text)
Not specified.
Printing - Inkjet (graphics)
Not specified.
Printing - Offset
Not specified.
Printing - Screen
Not specified.
Faxing
Not specified.
Duplexing
Not specified.
Other
Not specified.

3.2 Environmental Management System
Does the importer/distributer have third party audited EMS accreditation that is relevant to this product?
Not specified.

3.3 Pulp whiteness & brightness
Pulp Whiteness and Brightness specifications.
Not specified.
Are optical brightening agents added during production?
Not specified.

3.4 Waste Reduction
Are individual packet wrappers (reams) made of materials that are currently able to be recycled in New Zealand?
Not specified.
Are shipping containers (e.g. boxes, shrink wrap) made of materials that are currently able to be recycled in New Zealand?
Not specified.
Are any plastics clearly marked to help facilitate recycling?
Not specified.
Are shipping pallets part of an active reuse or recycling system in New Zealand?
Not specified.
Are shipping reels of an active reuse or recycling system in New Zealand?
Not specified.
Is all packaging free of halogenated plastics?
Not specified.
Does cardboard packaging contain 80% or more recycled content?
Not specified.
Is the paper and/or packaging manufacturer a member of the NZ Packaged Goods Accord, signatory to the Australian Packaging Covenant, or party to an equivalent programme in another country?
Not specified.

3.5 Native forest protection
Is the paper free of fibre from native or indigenous forests which were intact or have regrown from earlier logging impacts (via timber or logging residues)?
Not specified.

3.6 "Closing the Loop" in New Zealand
Does the paper include any New Zealand origin pulp in the mix?
Virgin pulp from NZ forests Not specified.
Recycled pulp from NZ paper Not specified.

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