ASTM D5663-25

Annotation of standard text ASTM D5663-25 :

This guide covers the standard for the calculation and the substantiation of recycled content of packaging papers and paperboard products. The mass balance approach shall be used to determine absolute recycled content. This guide also covers the recycled content that contain any amount or kind of recycled fiber. Methods to calculate and substantiate levels of such recycled fiber is also covered. Classes and types of paper and paperboard product include, but are not limited to, folding boxboard, set-up boxboard; linearboard and corrugating medium for use in corrugated containers; tubestock; carrier board, bag paper and other related packaging paper and paperboard products.


Keywords:
beverage carriers, cardboard, corrugating medium, folding boxboard, grocery bags, linerboard, mass balance, multi-wall bags, old corrugated (OCC), old magazines (OMG), old newsprint (ONP), packaging paper, paperboard, post-consumer recovered material, recovered paper material, recycled content, sacks, solid Kraft paperboard, tube stock, unbleached Kraft paperboard,, ICS Number Code 85.060 (Paper and board)