Recycled Content

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 75% of the total waste used.


Coated Mechanical #5
Brand Name
Basis
Weight
25x38x500
Lbs./(gsm)
RFC% Mill Forestry Certification
Check to order a sample
BowEco Gloss WO
32 / (47) 14% Thunder Bay w/ Covington coating
SFI,
ISO 14001, CoC
BowEco Gloss WO
34 / (50) 14% Thunder Bay w/ Covington coating SFI,
ISO 14001, CoC
BowEco Gloss WO
36 / (53) 14% Thunder Bay w/ Covington coating SFI,
ISO 14001, CoC
BowEco Gloss WO
38 / (56) 14% Thunder Bay w/ Covington coating SFI,
ISO 14001, CoC
BowEco Gloss WO
40 / (60) 14% Thunder Bay w/ Covington coating SFI,
ISO 14001, CoC
BowEco Gloss WO
42.5 / (63) 14% Thunder Bay w/ Covington coating SFI,
ISO 14001, CoC

UM Machine Finished
Brand Name
Basis
Weight
25x38x500
Lbs./(gsm)
RFC% Mill Forestry Certification
Check to order a sample
BowSelect 61R 30 / (44) 10% Calhoun SFI
BowSelect 61R
30 / (44) 25% Thunder Bay
SFI,
ISO 14001, CoC
BowSelect 65R
35 / (52) 50% Thunder Bay
SFI,
ISO 14001, CoC

UM Book
Brand Name
Basis
Weight
25x38x500
Lbs./(gsm)
RFC% Mill Forestry Certification
Check to order a sample
BowBook 60R 4.5
33 / (49)
10%
Calhoun
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

UM Directory
Brand Name
Basis
Weight
25x36x500
Lbs./(gsm)
RFC% Mill Forestry Certification
Check to order a sample
BowLite
18.5 / (xx) 40% Thunder Bay
SFI,
ISO 14001, CoC
BowLite
20.9 / (31) 40% Thunder Bay SFI,
ISO 14001, CoC
BowLite 22.1 / (33) 40% Thunder Bay SFI,
ISO 14001, CoC
BowLite 24.6 / (36) 40% Thunder Bay SFI,
ISO 14001, CoC
BowLite 25.5 / 38
40% Thunder Bay SFI,
ISO 14001, CoC

UM Smooth News
Brand Name
Basis
Weight
25x38x500
Lbs./(gsm)
RFC% Mill Forestry Certification
Check to order a sample
BowRotoNews
30 / (44) 60% Thunder Bay ISO 14001, CoC
BowRotoNews 33 / (49) 60% Thunder Bay ISO 14001, CoC
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