if paper is wasted then what changes we will see on the earth
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the more we use paper the more it should be manufactured. papers are manufactured using trees. if we waste the paper unnecessarily the more trees are cut down to fulfill the demand. there will be less tree in the earth and the rate of oxygen will be decreased. and the life in the earth might extinct.
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In today’s electronic age, people are starting to consider going paperless. But there’s still a long way to go before we lose our dependence on this very important human product.
From our newspapers to our paper wrappings, paper is still everywhere and most of them are ending up in our landfills creating a staggering amount of paper waste. There was a time when paper was a rare and precious commodity. Now it fills our planet. It was initially invented as a tool for communication, but today, paper is used more for packaging.
To produce paper takes twice the energy used to produce a plastic bag. Everything takes energy to produce.
In the case of paper, it also involves cutting down trees. Deforestation is one of the main environmental problems we’re facing in these times. 42% of all global wood harvest is used to make paper. Is it really worth it to cut down our life saving trees for this product?
Let us share with you these interesting paper waste facts. We are so used to seeing products in their completed form that we seldom think of how they are made and what happens after we dispose of them.
Facts about Paper and Paper Waste
As we speak, more than 199 tons of paper has already been produced.
324 liters of water is used to make 1 kilogram of paper.
10 liters of water is needed to make one piece of A4 paper.
93% of paper comes from trees.
50% of the waste of businesses is composed of paper.
To print a Sunday edition of the New York Times requires 75,000 trees!
Recycling 1 ton of paper saves around 682.5 gallons of oil, 26,500 liters of water and 17 trees.
Packaging makes up 1/3 or more of our trash.
U.S offices use 12.1 trillion sheets of paper a year.
Paper accounts for 25% of landfill waste and 33% of municipal waste.
With all the paper we waste each year, we can build a 12 foot high wall of paper from New York to California!
Lessening of paper usage was predicted due to the electronic revolution. It didn’t happen. Demand for paper is expected to double
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