I haven’t been very good at posting on a regular basis. In lieu of a large topic condensed into 230 words I’m going to give you something simple you can do to make a difference.
Newspaper, it’s one of the easiest items to recycle. Recycling newspaper one would think is simple to do and yet each morning I watch as my fellow train commuters trash their morning papers.
Even if you live somewhere without an established recycling program there are alternatives. Shred into strips for use in gardens, worm or regular compost bins, full sheets can be used for wrapping paper, packaging paper, and bird cage liners. My boyfriend uses it as a lint free alternative to paper towels or rags.
Here are a few facts about newspapers:
- Each time you recycle a yard high worth of newspaper you save a tree.
- An old fact but still makes a valid point. In 1993, U.S. paper recovery saved more than 90,000,000 cubic yards of landfill space.
- If all our newspapers were recycled, we could save about 250,000,000 trees each year!
So if you already recycle your paper GREAT! Keep going, but if you are wondering where to start, here is a good place to begin. Don’t feel overwhelmed. You have a lot of support out there.
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