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Life Cycle Of Paper
Paper is by far the largest component of solid waste in landfills. And most of this paper can be recovered and re-used for recycled paper products and other uses. Any paper that can be recovered—but is not—has high economic and environmental costs.
http://thepaperlifecycle.org/end-of-life/
(http://www.fao.org/forestry/fra/fra2010/en/)
Forest
The life cycle of paper first starts in the forest, which provide ecological, economical, and recreational benefits that support the health of the plant.
- Forests contain 70 percent of the world’s biodiversity in only 31 percent of its land cover
- Forests provide vital habitat and ecosystem services including flood control, soil protection and climate change mitigation.
By Austin Fox
Manufacturing
Paper manufacturing includes the processing of wood, recovered paper and paperboard, and other cellulose fibers into thousands of end-use products.
Although it may not be obvious to some, paper making is a very technical process that requires energy, water, wood fiber and other materials to make a finished product.
The production stage illustrates very clearly that informed environmental decisions consider multiple attributes rather than single attributes.
Use
- Recyclability The combination of materials in a paper product is an important factor on its ultimate recyclability. Paper products need to be designed with this in mind.
- Efficient use of resources: Different paper products use fiber types more or less efficiently than others. How products use recovered fiber and fresh fiber is an important environmental consideration.
- Best use of a limited resource: Recovered fiber isn’t an infinite resource. It is crucial that we return as much of it as we can back to the paper life cycle and use it in products as efficiently as possible.
Recovery
Recovery is separate but essential component to recycling, and a crucial element of the paper life cycle. Recovery is what makes recycling possible and includes many important considerations.
This section explores many of the challenges and opportunities around recycling and recovery including transportation, fiber utilization and manufacturing recycled paper.