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Why Recycling Paper Matters: Protecting Trees and Our Environment

Recycling paper is crucial for the environment as it helps conserve trees, which produce oxygen and provide homes for wildlife. This project highlights the importance of recycling, sharing that a single carton of paper uses up half a tree and that around 33% of trash consists of paper products. Tips include using computers, reusing paper, and recycling clean paper products, while avoiding wet tissues and plastic. The project also encourages classrooms to compete in collecting paper, with the winning class having the chance to plant a tree, promoting ecological awareness.

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Why Recycling Paper Matters: Protecting Trees and Our Environment

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  1. Paper Savers CRS STLP TQ Team Maddy, Anna, Kimberly, Leah, Aly, Sarah, and Mrs.Cornwell 2011-2012

  2. Why Recycle Paper? • Paper comes from trees • Trees are very important to the environment. • Trees produce oxygen so we can breathe. • Trees are home to many animals and organisms. • Cutting down trees destroys habitats thus endangering animals.

  3. Important Facts You Need to Know • 1 carton of paper ( 10 reams ) uses up ½ of a tree. • According to the U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) approximately 33% of all trash is made of paper products. • By weight more paper is recycled than glass, plastic, and aluminum combined.

  4. How Can You Help? • Use computers whenever possible • Use paper wisely • Re-Use used paper • Write small but readable • Recycle

  5. What Can Be Recycled? • Clean used paper • Magazines and catalogs • Paper scraps and shredded paper • Newspapers • Cardboard • Boxes

  6. What NOT to Recycle • Dirty or wet tissues, toilet paper, paper towels, and napkins. • NO plastic or stickers. • NO garbage please only paper.

  7. How Our Project Works • Put used paper in collection boxes • Every Tuesday a team member will collect your box • We record the weight of each classroom’s box every week until February 28th. • Which ever class collects the most paper based on weight at the end of the project will win the opportunity to plant a tree or trees on the school grounds for Earth or Arbor day in April.

  8. Work in Action

  9. Resources • “How to recycle paper.” www.eHow.com, Visited 11/29/2011. • “Trees into paper.” www.Conservatree.org, Visited 11/29/2011. • “What kind of paper can be recycled?” www.wiseGEEK.com, Visited 11/29/2011 • “Why is it important to recycle paper?” www.Earth911.com, Visited 1/10/2012.

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