Paper Recycling Tips

When my sister used to go through the grocery checkout line and the cashier would try to hand her paper bags, she’d say cheerfully, “That’s okay, save a tree.”

You can buy earth-friendly goods for your home in a store that is committed to improving the environment and enhancing the community by offering goods that are recycled, organic, sustainable, and fairly-traded.

Green Living Store is located in the Lakewood Shopping Center at the intersection of Abrams Road and Gaston Avenue in Dallas, TX.

Household chemicals don’t belong in the landfill.

Have any leftover gift boxes to recycle?

When it comes to paper the greenest thing you can do is reduce the amount you use such as:

Copying and printing on both side of the paper.

Using reusable tote bags when shopping.

Stop receiving junk mail by removing your name from mailing lists.

Paper plays a role in virtually every aspect of human life and many have called it the number one most important invention of mankind.

According to Forest Ethics and Abromovitz & Mattoon, Paper Cuts: Recovering the Paper Landscape in Washington, D.C. more than 90 percent of the printing and writing paper made in the country is from virgin tree fiber.

Paper comprises roughly 40 percent of the municipal solid waste burden in many industrial countries.

In the U.S. the pulp and paper industry is the second largest industrial user of energy.

Nearly a ton of new recycled paper can be made from a ton of recycled stock compared to the 2-3.5 tons of trees required to make a ton of virgin paper.

“One of the most useful gifts I’ve ever received is a subscription to the ‘Green Guide’,” said Jack Murray.

Fair-trade certified products mean farmers are guaranteed a minimum price to ensure a profit.

“Fair-trade lets farmers stay on their land in a natural eco-system,” said Haven Bourque, marketing director for Transfair USA.

For more information, go to transfairusa.org.

Some people have environmental illnesses such as asthma and allergies.

The Environmental Health Center in Dallas medically tests and treats human health problems including sensitivities to pollens, molds, dust, foods, chemicals, air, water, electrical sensitivity, and many more health problems as they relate to our environment.