Why use recycled paper?
There are three main reasons to use recycled fibre:
- Lower resource use: Paper manufacture is very resourceintensive.
It simply makes no sense to use paper only once,
when it can be so easily re-used.
- Less landfill: Recycling reduces the amount of waste paper
going to landfill. Landfills will be replaced by incinerators,
whose toxic fall-out has been proven to be harmful to
human health. Also, as it biodegrades in landfill (anaerobic
conditions), paper produces methane, which is 23 times
more powerful than CO2.
- No harm to forests: Only when using 100 percent recycled
paper can you can be absolutely sure that your product has
not had a detrimental effect on any forest.
Fact: One tonne of recycled paper saves approximately six
mature trees and 3.3 cubic yards of rapidly diminishing
landfill space (Source: Friends of the Earth).
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