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-Use both sides of paper when copying, printing, and writing -Make sure you set your printer BEFORE you print… so you don’t accidentally waste paper by printing to the wrong printer -Use scrap paper and old calanders for your notes, reuse paper if it is necessary! -Brown paper bags can be recycled with corrugated cardboard. -Children's drawings and newspaper can be used to wrap gifts -Resealable envelopes can be used more than once! Hence, "re-seal-able". -Discarded paper can be cut and stapled to make notepads. -Phone books can be recycled with newspapers. -To recycle cardboard boxes, flatten them, and tie them up. You can take them to Kroger, etc. These supermarkets have people that take all cardboard. -Staples do not need to be removed when you recycle your papers out! So if you are lazy, you don't have to worry about it anymore! - Encourage businesses to supply their employees with blue deskside paper recycling bins. Workplaces use a lot of paper!



- More than 80 percent of all paper mills in the U.S. use recovered paper to make their new products - Recycling paper helps our communities by reducing the need for landfills and incinerators. - Recycled paper accounted for 37 percent of all fiber used by the U.S. paper industry in 2003 - Conserves resources and reduces deforestation - Recycling paper conserves trees and lumber - Reduces pollution because not as much raw material needs to be processed to make new materials - One ton of recycled Paper saves 4,100 KWH of Energy, 9 barrels of oil, and 54 million BTUs of Energy. - One ton of recycled Paper saves 60 pounds of Air Pollutants from being released. - One ton of recycled Paper saves 7,000 gallons of water. - One ton of recycled Paper saves 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space.

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