"In the production of paper from recovered fibers (i.e. post consumer paper), a monster called a “ragger tail” is made. Recycled paper is bought in bales weighing 1000+ pounds and bundled with metal wire. Also, sheets of plastic and staples find their way into these bales. In the pulping processing, the wire, plastics and other material that needs to be removed from the pulp in order to make a pure fiber pulp is circulated together until it becomes a paper-y, wire-y tail-like piece of refuse. The ragger tail (also called a “pulper tail) is such a mess that no one buys it, even though metal and plastics are often resold and reused."
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