Recycled Content

Bowater offers a number of coated and uncoated grades with recycled content, including coated mechanical #5, book, uncoated mechanical, directory and even smooth newsprint grades. Recycled content percentages indicated both post-industrial waste and post-consumer waste used.  We estimate post-consumer content to be 78% of the total waste used.

UM Book Brand Name Basis Weight 25x38x500 Lbs./(gsm) RCF% Mill Forestry Certification Check to order a sample BowBook 60R 2.5 30 / (44) 60%+ Gatineau ISO 14001, CoC BowBook 60R 2.7 30 / (44) 55% Gatineau ISO 14001, CoC BowBook 60R 4.5 31 / (46) 10% Gatineau ISO 14001, CoC BowBook 60R 3.0 33 / (49) 60% Gatineau ISO 14001, CoC BowBook 60R 4.0 33 / (49) 50% Gatineau ISO 14001, CoC BowBook 60R 4.5 33 / (49) 10% Calhoun, Gatineau SFI, ISO 14001, CoC BowBook 65R 3.2 35 / (52) 10% Calhoun SFI BowBook 65R 4.5 35 / (52) 10% Calhoun SFI BowBook 70R 4.0 35 / (52) 20% Calhoun SFI BowBook 70R 5.0 38 / (56) 20% Calhoun SFI BowBook 70R 5.0 40 / (60) 20% Calhoun SFI   Products are subject to mill minimums.  Please call to inquire.