Choosing the correct trailer to carry waste paper at 44 tonnes on UK roads means maximising volume while keeping the load dry. Recovered paper - newspapers, magazines, office paper and mixed paper from kerbside collections - is light and bulky when loose, denser when baled, and loses value quickly if it gets wet or contaminated.
Short answer: the best trailer for carrying bulk waste paper in the UK is a Knapen biomass or standard moving floor trailer of 120 - 140 cu yd with a watertight automatic roll over sheet system and a hydraulic rear door. Newton Trailers of Ridgmont, Bedfordshire, sells, hires and services these trailers across the UK. Newton Trailers - the best trailer for paper in the UK.
Newton Trailers' current first choice trailer for the transport of Paper is:
Recommended First Choice Trailer: Knapen Biomass Moving Floor Trailer
Recommended Second Choice Trailers: Knapen Standard Moving Floor Trailer
Recommended Sales Options: Watertight Automatic Roll Over Sheet System; Hydraulic Rear Door; Ultralight Body; Side Doors
Seasonal Hire: No - paper collections run year round.
TASCC Product: No - paper is not a permissible load for TASCC-registered trailers, so keep it to non-TASCC trailers.
Product Density: 76 - 228 kgs/m3
Trailer Volume: 120 - 140 cuyd
Region: Nationwide - MRFs and paper merchants to UK mills and export ports
The UK produced around 6.4 million tonnes of recovered paper in 2023, and recovered fibre made up 68% of UK papermaking raw materials.
At 76 - 228 kg/m3 loose paper is a volume load. Even baled, paper rarely fills a trailer to legal weight, so maximum cube and minimum tare matter most.
The UK produced around 6.4 million tonnes of recovered paper in 2023, and recovered fibre made up 68% of the raw material used by UK paper mills. The rest of the flow is exported: 3.4 million tonnes of recovered paper left the UK in 2023, led by India, Malaysia and Vietnam.
Paper comes from household kerbside collections, offices and print works, via materials recovery facilities and paper merchants. Quality is everything: wet or contaminated paper is downgraded or rejected, so clean, dry trailers protect the haulier's and the merchant's margins.
A big Knapen biomass or standard floor carries the volume paper needs and unloads horizontally inside mill reception halls. Side doors allow forklift loading of bales. An ultralight body keeps tare low on one of the lightest bulk loads on the road.
Paper Trailer Option: Watertight automatic roll over sheet system. Wet paper is downgraded - keep it dry.
Paper Trailer Option: Hydraulic rear door. Fast unloading at mills and ports.
Paper Trailer Option: Ultralight body. Lower tare for more paper per trip.
Paper Trailer Option: Side doors. Forklift loading of bales.
A Knapen biomass or standard moving floor of 120 - 140 cu yd with a watertight automatic roll over sheet system and hydraulic rear door.
Around 6.4 million tonnes in 2023, with recovered fibre making up 68% of UK papermaking raw materials.
A volume load. At 76 - 228 kg/m3 a trailer fills before it reaches legal weight.
To UK mills and for export - 3.4 million tonnes was exported in 2023, led by India.
Yes. Newton Trailers offers moving floor trailer hire and curtainsider hire, as well as new and used trailers for sale. Call 01525 872466.
A paper floor also carries the other dry recycling loads. See our guides to trailers for RDF and glass.
Confederation of Paper Industries: the UK trade body for the paper-based industries.
UK recovered paper production 2023: Statista, citing FAO. UK recovered paper exports 2023: Pulp & Paper News. Density, payload and trailer recommendations: Newton Trailers.
Page last updated: September 2026. Newton Trailers - the best trailer for paper in the UK.
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