A proposal for waste paper recycling in IIST campus.
Project as part of CH311
Environmental Science and Engineering
Aashish Lamba SC12B001
Aditya Duhan SC12B005
Mohit Singh Malik SC12B032
Shakti Bhim Bhan Singh SC12B048
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
Thiruvananthapuram
September 2014
Introduction
Made from vegetable fibres called cellulose, paper as we know it today was first created in China more than two thousand years ago. Since the advent of the printing press in the 15th century, its use has spread across all continents to the extent that, currently, it is hard to imagine the world without this versatile material. More than 400 million tonnes of paper and cardboard are produced worldwide every year, with more than half coming from recovered sources.
Thus recycling of paper plays an important role in meeting the demand for increasing paper use. Recycling used paper and cardboard has significant advantages over other disposal options - namely landfill and incineration.
Abstract
Since a lot of waste paper is produced in IIST, paper recycling can serve as an economical way to reduce waste and reuse the recovered paper. Since most of the waste in IIST comes from papers (mostly printed A4 sheets and newspapers), recycling of this waste on small
Everyone has been told to do this, but I don’t think everyone sees the importance of recycling. Sure, a lot of people recycle, but there are a lot that don’t. Recycling has many benefits, but the major benefit is less destruction of forests. Again, the rising population calls for many products that are made from trees, mainly paper. Everybody in the world uses paper, whether it be in the form of books, pencils, toilet paper, towels, and even shoes. All these paper products, and more, are a direct result of deforestation, for the trees are taken down and turned into these products. Say you have a whole box of school papers that you don’t need anymore, and you want to throw them in the trash. Instead of throwing it in the trash, you should recycle it. When you recycle it, the paper goes to a factory, which adds other products to it, melts it down, and molds it into other products. This process can eventually rule out the need for deforestation, reducing the effects of climate change. Clearly, recycling is one of the many sustainable solutions that can hopefully stop
Recycling is a very essential and crucial process in our world today. The term recycling means that waste can be converted into new products instead of being discarded. As the population continues to grow, humans are using more and more products. In order to reduce the amount of waste on planet Earth, and to preserve its resources, recycling is significant. Not only does recycling allow the environment to thrive, but it also allows living people to thrive as well. There are many materials that can be recycled. Plastics, electronics, aluminum, food and glass are only but a few products that can be recycled. Recycling can benefit our environment in numerous amount of ways. However, without recycling, negative impacts on our environment can occur. Some of these effects include pollution whether it is air, land or sea, depletion of natural resources and even an increase threat to global warming. Therefore, recycling is extremely important to sustain our environment.
Paper recycling, on the other hand has been around for much longer. Pulp and paper plants in Canada have been using recycled material for more than 60 years (Bourdages, 1993, para. 4). One of the most obvious environmental benefits of using recycled paper materials, is that it will help to reduce the amount of trees being cut down for production of new paper. Overall, it is evident that there is an established recycling effort in Canada, featuring both positive and negative aspects.
2) Paper: Paper’s traditional origin story is that a court official named Cai Lun created the first sheets of paper around 105 BC during the Han Dynasty using old rags, broken fishnets, mulberry fibers, and hemp waste.
Paper products are frequently wasted at home and at work. Discarded newspapers and old grocery bags is one example of wasted paper. The solution to saving paper is easy just take all of your old paper products to a local recycling center. Another piece of thrash that is wasted often is glass. Old pickle jars, mayonnaise jars, and jelly jars are thrown away carelessly in the trash when they can easily be washed and reused or recycled. The last piece of garbage that is frequently wasted is plastic. Plastic is wasted very often in milk cartons, soda bottles, and most other containers. Plastic is probably the most wasted thing that we use. Ether washing or reusing can easily conserve plastic. You can also recycle plastic like the other two things. Wasting of glass, paper, and plastic can be prevented if people would take the time to recycle.
The benefit of recycling on the environment is endless even if you are just recycling paper products it can be beneficial. According to a website on recycling paper and other products recycling a single run of the Sunday “New York Times” would save seventy five thousand trees. The amount of wasted land that is left behind by those seventy thousand trees. could have been a strong environment that was destroyed just for a single run of the “New York Times”. According to the same source recycling plastic saves twice as much energy as burning it in an incinerator. This energy used to burn the plastic is payed by the American people’s tax dollar that money could be saved by you just by simpling recycling. In the same source it says that approximately one billion trees worth of paper are thrown away every year in the United States this paper thrown away is sent to these giant landfills and cost millions of dollars to dispose of as where if it was recycled we could save money by not having to pay for the paper sent to landfill and save money by not having to have it burned down or stored. The average American uses eighty five million tons of paper a year; about six hundred and eighty pounds per person according to the source earlier
You have done a really good job with your paper. You have a clear thesis that states the main points you are using to support your research question. You have incorporated several sources to back up the main points of your thesis. For example, this quote, “In 2000, at least 12 states were recycling 30% or more of solid waste and some communities within those states were recycling 50% or more”, backs up your main point that recycling programs help to diminish the amount of solid waste in landfills. You also state that recycling can save over 10 billion gallons of gas per year, which helps back up your point that recycling has economic benefits. You used the blue cart program to support the main point of more people participating in recycling
During the 1900s, Americans realized the amount of waste they produce and the damage that comes along with it. Average people see recycling as a simple process. Placing items such as glass, plastics, aluminum, and paper on their curb or dropping them off at recycling centers takes part of their weekly routine. However, many lack knowledge as to what happens to their products after this step. Intricate, but crucial, recycling helps improve our environment.
The value of recycling paper in a consumer society is the saving of natural resources which would be for each tonne of recycled paper saves 17 trees, 380 gallons of oil, 3 cubic yards of landfill space, 4,000 kilowatts of energy and 7,000 gallons of water. Again there would be the ecological value of less landfill space consumed.
Since this product is so durable, cleanly made, and of such high-quality, it can be recycled and reused in many different applications. It can be used to create new paperboard, paper and many other paper-based
Since the 1900s, Americans realized the amount of waste they produce and the damage which comes along with it. Recycling is seen as a simple process to the average person. Items such as glass, plastics, aluminum, and paper are placed on the curb and or dropped off at recycling centers. However, many lack knowledge as to where their products go after this step. The recycling process is intricate, but crucial towards improving our environment.
Less chemicals emitted, lots of scrap recycled material, and many job employments are all reasons why recycling should be used more. While, recycling is one of many ways to decrease landfill use, it has proven to be more effective and therefore should be used more
I believe that we should do are best when it comes to recycling. For Gatesburg to do a succeful recycling everyone needs to have the same goal. If everyone works together this would work. As for the different color trash bins, I dont think it will be as big as a problem. Most citizens are aware of the landfill problems and will do there best to comply with the law. Other cities have done this and it has been very prosperous for them!
Outline Persuasive Speech Topic: Why recycling should be encouraged General purpose: to persuade Specific purpose: The speech aims to intimate people about importance of recycling and pursue them, that they should promote recycling. Thesis statement: It is advisable to promote recycling because: (1) It reduce the cost of energy to manufacture goods (2) it protects environment by less emission of pollution and less landfills. (3) It creates more job opportunism and helps fostering economy.
Recycling happens with many different kinds of materials. According to the EPA, “Paper and paperboard account