That’s no myth! So please throw your shredded paper in the garbage. During mechanical sorting, shredded paper often gets mixed in with the small pieces of glass or falls through the filter screen and recycling centers are unable to retrieve it.
Once you mix shredded paper in with all of your other recyclables, it becomes non-recyclable. When paper is shredded, the fibers become shorter and are less useful in the recycling process ( Earth911). Printing paper is one of the highest grades, while tissues and toilet paper are a lower grade. Paper is made of fibers, and different types of paper have different fiber lengths.
One myth is that all paper can be recycled the same way.
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