In a recent article a marketing development manager
for a timber and paper company outlines why it’s so important for the
environment that we recycle.
Expert: Paper recycling lags in U.S.
By John Green
“…Opportunities for improving recycling efforts for virtually all
paper products abound, but the challenge, said Grogan, is in recognizing the
payoff.
The reasons for recycling paper are numerous, Grogan said. Doing
so reduces the cost of manufacturing new paper products, saves forests, reduces
carbon emissions by 3 tons for every ton of paper recycled, and saves
substantial landfill space. And paper fiber can usually be recycled up to eight
times. …
…It's estimated, Grogan said, that about 14 million tons of paper
used each year in the U.S. can't be recycled because it's in the form of
tissue, are products like ceiling tiles or are containers that are contaminated
by food products, such as pizza boxes.
Another 30 million to 35 million tons that can be captured,
however - worth an estimated $2.5 billion to $3 billion annually - is instead
going into landfills…”
 Remember, 50% of landfill waste is paper or wood products,
and a lot of that could be recycled. Click
here to tell Paper packaging companies to stop destroying endangered forests
for packaging products that end up in our landfills, and to increase the
post-consumer recycled content in the paper they sell.
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