Using Recycled Paper Saves Our Natural Resources
Recycling saves trees and water. Making a ton of paper from recycled feedstock saves up to 17 trees and uses 50% less water (that’s 7000 gallons) than virgin paper manufacturing.
Using Recycled Paper Saves Energy
Recycling paper uses about 65% less energy than the process of cutting down new trees and manufacturing them into paper pulp. Significant amounts of energy and fossil fuels are required to complete the virgin paper manufacturing process.
Using Recycled Paper Saves Our Environment
Recycling reduces greenhouse gas emissions and helps slow global climate change. Methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, is created by gasses escaping from entombed paper in landfills.
Using Recycled Paper Reduces Pollution
The paper industry is one of the largest water and air polluters in the world. The EPA has found that recycling achieves 35% less water pollution and 74% less air pollution. Also, recycling mills tend to use more earth-friendly bleaching processes than traditional mills that will often use chlorine compounds to whiten paper. Chlorine bleaching compounds can create dioxins and furans which are extremely toxic and harmful to humans and wildlife.
Using Recycled Paper Cuts Waste
Landfill sites are filling up with waste paper that could be used to make recycled paper. By converting waste into new products, we slow the pace in which our landfills will fill and reach capacity.
