The Many Benefits Of Recycling Paper
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Below are some of the environmental and money saving benefits of recycling paper…
Saves Trees - The most obvious reason to recycle paper is for saving trees which provide vital oxygen for the planet. Just 1 ton of recycled paper saves at least 16 of them.
Wildlife Preservation - More often than not, the wildlife that lives in the trees that are cut down to make ‘new’ paper, die quickly because they cannot adapt to living anywhere else. Recycling paper means that they can die natural deaths instead of forced ones.
Cheaper Paper - Recycled paper is often cheap to purchase. Buying cheaper, recycled goods encourages more recycled goods to be manufactured, sustaining the recycling industry.
Less Water Consumption - 1 ton of recycled paper can save over 6500 gallons of water.
Saves Electricity - Producing electricity seriously damages the environment, but more than 400 kilowatt hours are saved by recycling 1 ton of paper.
Reduces Oil Dependence - Oil production has some horrific effects on the environment and any chance to reduce oil consumption should be taken. Saving 2 barrels per ton of recycled paper really makes a difference in the long term.
Less Pollution - Burning paper in waste incinerators pumps masses of pollution into the air. That means that we are unnecessarily causing the air that we all breathe to be of a lower quality.
Creates Jobs - Think about all the people who work within the paper recycling industry. Collectors, sorters and machine operators being just a few of them. The more that we recycle, the more of these jobs there will be created.
Paper Logs - Many people are now turning to paper logs as a supplementary fuel source. Consisting of tightly compressed briquettes of paper, these logs can be thrown on a fire or used in a wood burner to provide heat for free.
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This article is provided by http://www.paperlogmaker.org.uk/, a website dedicated to paper log makers and paper recycling.
Mirrored from Mindzle.