Paper Recycling. Jennifer Ryu

The Need for Paper Recycling * The increase in per capita consumption averaged 1.8% per year from 1960 to 1980, 1.6% per year from 1980 to 1993, and has been projected at 0.6% per year during 1990 to * Pulp, paper, and paperboard mills account for 95% of energy use in the U.S. paper and allied products industry and about 12% of total manufacturing energy use in the U.S.

Science of Paper Recycling 50% of paper in U.S. has been already recycled. One bundle of paper as huge as a person can save 15 trees.

Collect papers. Sort them out and make them into bundles. These bundles get dissolved into new papers.

Time that takes trash to dissolve. Paper: 2-5 months Milk Pack: 5 yrs Paper cups: 20 yrs

Advantages. Disadvantages Advantages Can be used up to five times Reduces air pollution Saves up landfill than any other materials Newspaper and cardboard are everywhere. Disadvantages Lower quality than original and new paper Expensive to remove ink from old papers Changing value of recycle paper contributes to its shaky economic value.

Korea’s Paper Recycle The use of paper in Korea has been steadily increasing. Korea produces 69.6% of the total paer usage in Korea, so it has to rely on import for the rest. 4,090 billion won is used for paying imported paper every year.

20% of the whole trash in Korea is paper.

US Paper Recycle

Paper Recycling Industry take up a large part of the whole paper industry.

Over one million people are involved in recycling.

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