Recycled Paper
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Conventional paper is made from tree pulp, while recycled paper is produced from used paper, fiber, or pulp. Recycling paper involves processes like sorting, shredding, and de-inking, whereas conventional paper production requires harvesting, debarking, and pulping. Recycling uses less energy and emits fewer greenhouse gases compared to traditional methods. Paper can be recycled about five to seven times before the fibers degrade. Increasing paper recycling not only reduces emissions but also conserves forests and water. With global paper use rising, particularly for packaging, improving recovery rates—currently at around 50% worldwide, with some areas achieving 75%—can further lower emissions. Project Drawdown’s Recycled Paper solution focuses on enhancing the recovery and reprocessing of used paper to replace virgin paper feedstocks.
Impact:
Over 30 years, recycled paper can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2.28-2.90 gigatons. Two key assumptions inform this conclusion: 1) recycled paper produces about 25 percent fewer total emissions than conventional paper, and 2) the percentage of paper made from recycled paper rises from 55 percent to 69-74 percent. Although recycled paper content uses more electricity, the emissions related to harvesting and processing—and the total emissions from pulping and manufacturing—are higher for paper using virgin wood feedstock. The emissions reductions do not include carbon sequestration by trees that would not be harvested if the use of recycled paper grows.
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