https://padlet.com/220081316/bgq4tpvmn0hdw846 How Might we Help Solve the Problem of Paper Waste en-us 2022-03-16 13:32:39 UTC 2022-03-17 05:09:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f341.png 220081316 https://padlet.com/220081316/bgq4tpvmn0hdw846/wish/2098053191 Paper is an essential item for office and school work. For this reason tons of it are used and become waste.

Unfortunately, it is rarely recycle and has very little value in junk shops thus it is often burnt.]]> 2022-03-16 13:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/220081316/bgq4tpvmn0hdw846/wish/2098053191 220081316 https://padlet.com/220081316/bgq4tpvmn0hdw846/wish/2098055574 As students, despite online class we still use paper for many of our activities.]]> 2022-03-16 13:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/220081316/bgq4tpvmn0hdw846/wish/2098055574 220081316 https://padlet.com/220081316/bgq4tpvmn0hdw846/wish/2098061832 Paper wastage facts show that 85 million tons of paper waste are created each year. This is about 680 pounds of paper waste per person.]]> 2022-03-16 13:42:54 UTC https://padlet.com/220081316/bgq4tpvmn0hdw846/wish/2098061832 220081316 https://padlet.com/220081316/bgq4tpvmn0hdw846/wish/2098072681 As paper is though as organic it is often scattered in the surrounding. This however contributes to trash scattered about and this can still clog drainage systems.]]> 2022-03-16 13:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/220081316/bgq4tpvmn0hdw846/wish/2098072681 220081316 https://padlet.com/220081316/bgq4tpvmn0hdw846/wish/2098077393 Out of the 17 billion cubic feet of trees deforested each year, over 60% are used to make paper. This deforestation is responsible for nearly a fifth of the world's annual greenhouse gas emissions.]]> 2022-03-16 13:50:12 UTC https://padlet.com/220081316/bgq4tpvmn0hdw846/wish/2098077393 220081316 https://padlet.com/220081316/bgq4tpvmn0hdw846/wish/2098082706 Around 30,000,000 trees are cut down to produce textbooks in the US alone.

An average tree produces about 8,333 sheets of paper. A typical school will use an average of 2,000 sheets per day, meaning that during a full school year of 160 days, a school will chew through over 320,000 sheets of paper per year. ]]> 2022-03-16 13:52:35 UTC https://padlet.com/220081316/bgq4tpvmn0hdw846/wish/2098082706 220081316 https://padlet.com/220081316/bgq4tpvmn0hdw846/wish/2098089624 Paper waste is takes alot of space in landfills, most of which is left alone to rot or burnt as few recycle it.

Paper is the most prominent waste element occupying most landfills today (paper makes up for around 25% of landfill waste and around 33% of municipal waste).]]> 2022-03-16 13:55:50 UTC https://padlet.com/220081316/bgq4tpvmn0hdw846/wish/2098089624 220081316 https://padlet.com/220081316/bgq4tpvmn0hdw846/wish/2098103100 Paper production has increased over the years but it is seldom fully used.

We students often never use the back of paper and when a mistake is made the whole coupon bond or sheet of paper is often discarded.]]> 2022-03-16 14:02:09 UTC https://padlet.com/220081316/bgq4tpvmn0hdw846/wish/2098103100 220081316 https://padlet.com/220081316/bgq4tpvmn0hdw846/wish/2098110101 According to the Environmental Paper Network's Paper Calculator, it takes about 32 million BTUs of energy to produce 1 ton of virgin paper fiber. To produce 1 ton of recycled paper, it takes about 22 million BTUs.

The weight of a single A4 sheet of 80 gram per square meter paper is around five grams. The energy required to produce one A4 sheet is therefore 50 watt-hours]]> 2022-03-16 14:05:22 UTC https://padlet.com/220081316/bgq4tpvmn0hdw846/wish/2098110101 220081316 https://padlet.com/220081316/bgq4tpvmn0hdw846/wish/2098113196 Commercially it takes 10 liters of water to produce a single A4-sheet of paper. The pulp and paper industry is the single largest industrial consumer of water in Western countries.]]> 2022-03-16 14:06:51 UTC https://padlet.com/220081316/bgq4tpvmn0hdw846/wish/2098113196 220081316 https://padlet.com/220081316/bgq4tpvmn0hdw846/wish/2098118959 First, when paper is not recycled, 80% of it ends up in landfills. Decomposition of the paper in landfills produces methane, a greenhouse gas with 21 times the heat-trapping power of carbon dioxide (CO₂).

One A4 sheet of office paper produces about 4.29 to 4.74 g of CO₂eq.]]> 2022-03-16 14:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/220081316/bgq4tpvmn0hdw846/wish/2098118959