Compatible Toner

It’s a difficult question this, and there are a couple of points that should be noted. It might seem a good idea , to shred all your paper before sending it off for recycling. Easier to break down, and re-manufacture into new paper you would have thought, and so did I.

Shredded Paper is not Ideal for Recycling

However when you do a little bit of research into this, you’ll find that many recycling companies will not actually accept shredded paper for recycling. There are two main reasons for this as follows.

• Average Fibre Length reduces when you shred paper, which means that any paper made from shredded paper will be much weaker
• Shredded paper is much more difficult to handle at mills and recycling units due to maintenance problems and things like greater fire risks. They will often refuse shredded paper.

So in an ideal world we should not be shredding any of the paper that we send for recycling, however we must not forget about the very real risk of destroying our confidential information. Identity theft is a very real problem and it would be simply foolish to leave paper with our financial and personal details lying around.

I guess the only real option is to simply shred the paper that contains anything confidential, and leave the rest unshredded. Also check with whoever runs your local recycling on their position on shredded paper some will have no problems with it. There are simply so many ways to recycle and reduce our waste, remember to check out our compatible toner information as well.