Paper Recycling
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simplehuman Cabinet Mount Grocery Bag Can with Bag Holder $27.99 Simplify your trash experience! Trash your can! This wonderful Cabinet Mount Trash System has an eco-friendly design for storing and reusing grocery bags. A built-in bag holder at the bottom of the frame stores and dispenses up to 50 plastic grocery bags. To use, just slip a bag onto the specially designed frame. Frame easily mounts to the inside of a cabinet door with four screws. Steel body. Pol… |
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Plastic Bag Dispenser $5.99 For the environmentally conscious family that brings home the bacon in plastic grocery bags, here?s the ideal way to store and re-use them. Our plastic bag dispenser will mount anywhere on a wall, inside a closet, the laundry room or wherever is handy for you to reach up and grab one when needed. White plastic.11.75 x 3.25 x 10.75 inches…. |
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Aladdin Recycled and Recyclable 16-Ounce Mug, Green $9.99 Do your part for the environment: Use this recycled travel mug for your take-out coffee instead of paper or Styrofoam cups. Not only does Aladdin make the mug from 100% FDA-approved recycled plastic, known as eCycle, but it’s completely recyclable itself at any place that recycles plastic. (It’s imprinted with the number 5 on the bottom.) Down the line, this mug may end up being transformed into o… |
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Between the Buttons (US Version) $7.70 The Stones began their transitional period, from reinvigorating R&B standards (on their early albums) to reinventing rock & roll (on the brilliant four-album streak beginning with Beggars Banquet), on this underrated 1967 collection. Even the songs that didn’t become smash hits, such as the speed demon “Miss Amanda Jones” and the honky-tonking “She Smiled Sweetly,” are more than curiosities despit… |
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Winged Migration $17.98 … |
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Classic Country Christmas $3.21 … |
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Paper and People: Wisconsin’s Productive Partnership $45.00 Documentary discussing the socio-economic importance to the pulp, paper and allied industries to northeast Wisconsin and the entire state; an overview of the paper industry’s development in Wisconsin; industry’s efforts toward environmental protection, forest stewardship, recycling and energy conservation; participation in community-support programs including education, health and social services,… |
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simplehuman Wall Mount Grocery Bag Holder, Brushed Stainless Steel $8.30 A wall mounted grocery bag holder comes complete with mounting hardware. This stainless steel unit features easy tuck opening and wide dispensing area…. |
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Bio Save RBR30125BO Paper Compostable Lawn Bags, 5-Count $8.99 Yardmaster clean up bags are made from fully compostable paper and meet all requirements for municipal recycling of yard waste. The 30 gallon bags will hold leaves, clippings and more. Will stand upright and are easy to fill and move. 5-Pack of 30 gallon bags…. |
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Rubbermaid(R) Computer Paper Collection We Recycle Container, 12 1/2 Gallons, 13 1/2-Inch H by 20-Inch W by 15-Inch D, Blue $16.68 Recycling box is perfect for curbside recycling programs. With We Recycle symbol on box. 14 gallon. 20 3/4” L. x 16” W. x 14 3/4” H. Color: Dark blue…. |
Paper Recycling – It Saves Trees and Makes Sense
One item which is routinely recycled in the United States is paper. Which has been used and converted back into paper pulp and used to create recycled paper products such as copier paper, newspaper, toilet paper and tissue. Approximately half of the paper used in the U.S. today is recycled, much of it coming from commercial business programs.
Recycling of paper is not without its environmental issues. The act of turning old paper into new paper pulp entails a lot of work and machinery found in large industrial plants. While no one in their right mind would suggest that paper recycling is not necessary, it is a process which requires a significant amount of energy to complete. It has to be transported to the plants, made back into pulp, and then new paper and corrugated supplies must be made. The whole process requires fossil fuels and a significant amount of energy to complete.
Commercial recycling programs amount to about 80% of all paper recycled today. Businesses of just about any size now have containers throughout their buildings for their employees to put their used paper into. When visiting a business today you will often find a container for white paper and another for colored. The different papers need to be separated for recycling . Newspaper can also be recycled and requires its own container.
Once the containers are full they are generally hauled off by the local waste disposal company and taken to a plant for processing.
There are many ways that you, as an individual, can support the recycling process. The easiest is to put your used paper into your kitchen garbage recycling containers. From there you can dump them into your compost pile and they will break-down into soil, just as normal household kitchen garbage will.
Another way you can support recycling is to purchase recycled cards and recycled paper checks along with your recycled paper for your copier .
By using recycled paper products you are helping to support recycling in your area, and helping to eliminate trees being cut from the forests.
Next time you visit your local grocery market be sure to notice whether or not they are using recycled paper shopping bags. If they are they make a nice change from using the usual plastic ones made from petroleum products.
When you shop be on the lookout for recycled paper products such as recycled toilet paper, recycled tissue and recycled paper towels. By supporting the companies who make these products you are supporting paper recycling.