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Reducing and Recycling Paper
from:You don’t have to be a part of the movers and shakers in your community to have heard about the benefits of recycling. It’s virtually impossible to read a magazine or newspaper, or watch TV without reading or seeing some bit of news about the various forms of recycling. Recycling paper, for example, was one of the first types of recycling to be introduced to the general public and is still one of the most often practiced kinds. Paper recycling is simple because every household and business uses paper in some capacity and you are most likely to be able to find paper recycling receptacles around the community. In addition to recycling the paper you use in your daily activities, reducing the amount of paper you consume is beneficial as well. Here are a few suggestions to limiting the amount of paper you need everyday.
One exceptional method for reducing the amount of paper in your paper recycling bin is to go paperless as much as possible. Just about every bank, utility company, mortgage company, and credit card group offers a paper free way to take care of business. Most people already have an Internet connection in their homes, there is no reason to not make it work for you in every way. Paying bills and managing accounts online save the paper the invoices and statements are printed on as well as save you the expense of a postal stamp. Naturally, no one wants to run the postal workers out of jobs, but it makes more sense to take care of business online. It’s faster for you, saves tons of paper, and saves money in postal costs.
Next up on your quest for reducing and recycling paper, conserving paper use from your printer is a good way of limiting your paper consumption. Let’s say you are printing some information to share with family or friends or for your own use. Instead of printing everything on one side of the copy paper only, why not print on both sides. Every printer has the feature to print multiple sides and you are using half of the paper for your project. Of course, if it is a project for school or work, you need to print in the most professional manner possible, but for the little stuff, print on both sides.
Recycling paper is one of those things that you can do easily for the benefit of your local community as well as the global one. As most recycling and environmental experts would be happy to tell you, reducing the amount of paper you use is also a wonderful way of protecting the world’s trees and forests. With just a little bit of thought and some new habits you can be a part of the solution.
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Blue box rejects raise red flag - The Beacon Herald
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College grads in caps, gowns put a new spin on recycled bottles - The Seattle Times
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Cal/OSHA cites Southern California Recycling Company for multiple safety ... - Sacramento Bee
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Los Angeles to become largest US city banning plastic bags - Christian Science Monitor
 Christian Science Monitor | Los Angeles to become largest US city banning plastic bags Christian Science Monitor By Mark Trumbull, Staff writer / May 24, 2012 This June 2010 file photo shows a customer putting plastics bags in a recycling bin at a grocery store in Palo Alto, Calif. The Los Angeles City Council has voted to move forward with a controversial ban on ... Is the Los Angeles plastic bag ban excessive? LA becomes largest US city to ban single-use plastic bags |