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Need for Recycling Paper

The document discusses the environmental and economic benefits of recycling paper, highlighting its role in reducing waste, conserving resources, and lowering greenhouse gas emissions. Recycling paper can save significant amounts of energy, water, and trees while also creating job opportunities and enhancing corporate reputations. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of transitioning to a circular economy, which could yield substantial economic benefits.

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Need for Recycling Paper

The document discusses the environmental and economic benefits of recycling paper, highlighting its role in reducing waste, conserving resources, and lowering greenhouse gas emissions. Recycling paper can save significant amounts of energy, water, and trees while also creating job opportunities and enhancing corporate reputations. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of transitioning to a circular economy, which could yield substantial economic benefits.

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NEED FOR RECYCLING PAPER

Paper manufacturing industry shows a significant effect on environment. This


includes tree harvesting, erosion of woodlands, water scarcity, issues of waste
disposal, etc., which can be significantly reduced by recycling process. According
to some studies, nearly 40% of solid waste is of paper products. So, recycling
waste paper is expected to save the landfills appreciably.
BENEFITS:
Environment benefits:

Most paper and cardboard is recyclable, and reusing paper diverts waste from
landfill and prevents harmful greenhouse gases from entering our atmosphere.
Compared to incineration, recycling paper reduces CO2 emissions by around 20%.

A considerable advantage of recycling paper is that it uses less energy than making
new products. For every tons of recycled paper, around 17 trees, 7,000 gallons of
water, 380 gallons of oil, 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space, and 4,000 kilowatts of
energy are saved.

Paper can also be recycled more than once — usually up to seven times —
meaning we can continue protecting the world’s finite resources by continuously
reusing paper.

Economic benefits:

Recycling paper ensures paper demands of a modern business are easily met
while minimizing their eco-footprint. Green credentials benefit a company by
minimizing environmental fines or taxes and boosting its reputation among
customers, leading to increased sales and higher profit margins.

The paper recycling industry has already inspired advances in technology and
manufacturing and will only continue to do so. These developments also create job
opportunities, as scientists and engineers work together to progress the field.

Some items are manufactured from a mixture of virgin fibers to strengthen the
recycled paper. In most cases, companies will use wood sourced from FSC-
certified forests, which provides vital work in vulnerable communities and boosts
the local economy.
Paper recycling is part of the circular economy, which involves reusing materials
for as long as possible. Studies show that switching entirely to a circular economy
could offer a $4.5 trillion economic opportunity by minimizing waste, promoting
innovation and generating employment.

STEPS

Collect waste papers


Fig. 1. European paper recycling 1995-2009 in million tonnes (European Declaration on Paper
Recycling 2006 – 2010, Monitoring Report 2009 (2010) (www.erpa.info)

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