What types of paper can be recycled and what happens to paper once its recycled ?
Approximately 99% of all paper that is received at your home is recyclable in Warwick’s program including, but not limited to, newspaper, junk mail, magazines, catalogs, paperback books, hard cover books (remove covers), all loose leaf paper, stationary, etc. Items that are not recyclable include paper towels, napkins, tissues, carbon paper, and similar items. Paper should be placed at curbside in brown paper grocery bags or bundled & tied and placed in your green recycling bin (all paper can be mixed together). When your paper is collected from curbside it is brought to the Materials Recycling Facility in Johnston where it is sorted by hand into different paper grades/ types. Once each grade is sorted, they are compressed into 1 ton bales, loaded on trailers and set to the paper mill. At the mill, the paper is placed in vats of 150 degree water which turns the paper into pulp. From there the pulp dried, roll and recycled into new items, such as cereal boxes which use 100% recycled pap
