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The OP is alluding to the fact that growing forests, cutting them down, and then burying the resulting paper should use less energy then recycling and produce l
by lumost 6y ago
The OP is alluding to the fact that growing forests, cutting them down, and then burying the resulting paper should use less energy then recycling and produce less toxic waste products due to fewer chemicals. Such activity has a strong possibility of being a carbon negative process.
It may be better for the environment to sustainably harvest trees to produce cardboard then to recycle other paper products.
- citysurrounded 6y agoPlease learn how to use the words than/then correctly...
- eigenvector 6y agoThis works conceptually if you are sustainably replanting forests to feed your paper mill. In reality, your mileage may very and here in Canada, plenty of paper mills are still running off of irreplaceable primary forest.