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Pretty much all paper manufacturers are now require to plant more trees than they cut down. Burying old newspapers in the ground is a form of carbon sequestrat
by aeternus 7y ago
Pretty much all paper manufacturers are now require to plant more trees than they cut down.
Burying old newspapers in the ground is a form of carbon sequestration. Really it comes down to what takes less energy: cutting down the trees, or the transport, sorting and reprocessing of old newspapers.
- henrikschroder 7y agoUpthread someone quoted a study that showed recycling newspaper used 60% of the energy compared to cutting down trees and making pulp. So like I said, it's a no-brainer to recycle newspapers.