I would like to start recycling paper in my office. Do I have to remove the staples from all paper first?

Question

I would like to start recycling paper in my office. Do I have to remove the staples from all paper first?

Answer 1

nope!

Answer 2

Usually not. But you should contact the service provider that you're using for the recycling to find out specific guidelines for the paper - do they allow glossy paper? colored paper? staples? sticky-backed paper? (and so on)

Answer 3

I encourage all people to reuse all ONE SIDED PAPER. That does mean removing staples. So much of our printing is DRAFTS or for one time reads that we just throw away. Why not use up ONE SIDED PAPER for that?

Answer 4

no