| Paper recycling stations are the beginning of the | | | | harm the environment. Instead of making paper |
| process in which waste paper is used to produce | | | | from new raw material, waste paper can be |
| fresh paper and paper products. Paper recycling is | | | | easily used to make new paper of good quality. |
| important because of its scope as paper forms a | | | | Here are a few statistics that show how useful |
| large part of our daily office and fills our domestic | | | | resources can be saved by recycling one ton of |
| waste containers. According to a survey, paper | | | | paper:o Approximately 17 trees are saved from |
| constitutes about 35% of all trash in one way or | | | | being cut down and turned to wood pulp.o |
| another. If we get in the habit of utilizing recycle | | | | Recycling paper saves about 350 pounds of |
| bins for that waste that can be easily recycled | | | | limestone and 275 pounds of sulfur.o Recycling |
| and used as raw material we will save 1/3 of the | | | | one ton of paper saves up to 60,000 liters of |
| stress on our environment. Every desk should | | | | water.o About 225 KW hours of electricity is |
| have a deskside recycling bin and every janitorial | | | | saved by recycling one ton paper.o Recycling |
| service should be using clearly marked | | | | paper also saves landfill space of up to 3.3 cubic |
| Rubbermaid Waste Receptacles. | | | | yards.o Decomposed paper releases methane, a |
| Manufacturing paper puts a substantial burden on | | | | greenhouse gas that leads to climatic change. By |
| the environment as first trees are cut to prepare | | | | using the waste paper for manufacturing new |
| the raw material for making paper. Paper | | | | paper, the release of greenhouse gases can be |
| manufacturing takes about 90% wood while other | | | | stopped. |
| uses of wood like making furniture take | | | | Recycling waste paper also prevents water |
| 10%-60% wood. Chemicals like limestone, sulfur | | | | pollution and air pollution. When the transportation |
| and bleach are also used for making paper and | | | | and packaging costs are considered paper |
| the byproducts from these chemicals are highly | | | | recycling is beneficial from both economic and |
| harmful to the environment. The whole process | | | | environmental point of view. |
| of manufacturing paper also uses up a lot of | | | | Paper recycling can be made easier with the help |
| water and energy. The waste material produced | | | | of recyclable bins. There are newspapers recycling |
| from the whole process also needs to be | | | | bins too that can be used to collect old |
| disposed of in a proper manner so that it doesn't | | | | newspapers as well as other waste paper. |