Is recycled paper more expensive than virgin paper?
Although recycled fiber is generally more expensive than virgin fiber, manufacturers typically do not charge more for recycled papers over virgin-fiber papers in comparable grades. However, you may not be able to find high postconsumer waste content in lower-quality paper grades and may need to trade up in quality to achieve higher postconsumer waste content paper. Recycled papers today are made to the same standards as their virgin counterparts. Again, there may be print differences between grade or mill but those differences are generally not due to the presence or absence of recycled fiber.
