Paper Recycling

Paper is separated into the following groups:

• Magazines.
• Newspapers.
• Office paper.
• Cardboard.
• Phone directories.

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• Deposit used paper at your local recycling bank.
• Only recycle gummed paper if specified, such as envelopes and stickers.
• Reduce paper waste by cancelling unwanted deliveries, or read news online as opposed to buying the newspapers.
• Put a "no junk-mail please" sign on your letter box to reduce unwanted mail.
• Reuse paper around the home as scrap paper or packing material.
• Set your printer to print on both sides of the paper.
• Buy recycled paper whenever possible.

Recycling one tonne of newspaper saves: 19 trees, 3 cubic meters of landfill, 4000 kilowatt hours of energy, 29000 liters of water and 30 kg of air pollution effluent. Recycled newsprint can be made into new newspaper, kitty litter, shingles for houses, absorbent for oil spills and insulation. Products made from recycled cardboard use 25% of the energy and create half as much pollution as making them from new materials.