Reduce the paper! Save the planet!
Wed, Jun 10 2009 at 2:49 AM EST
Everyone wants to be green now. But here appear another questions, such as: how well are people around the globe making decisions that can make the world a more environmentally sustainable place? How have they changed over the past year?It is well known that habitat destruction, pollution, and globalization threaten animals, plants, and natural wonders around the globe.
There are lots of way to decrease the demands that reduce the earth's forest cover.
The rates of paper recycling in the top 10 paper-producing countries range widely, from China and Finland on the low end, recycling 33 and 38 percent of the paper they use, to South Korea and Germany on the high end, at 77 and 66 percent. The United States, the world's largest paper consumer, is far behind South Korea, but it has raised the share of paper recycled from roughly one fourth in the early 1980s to 50 percent in 2005.
The rates of paper recycling in the top 10 paper-producing countries range widely, from China and Finland on the low end, recycling 33 and 38 percent of the paper they use, to South Korea and Germany on the high end, at 77 and 66 percent. The United States, the world's largest paper consumer, is far behind South Korea, but it has raised the share of paper recycled from roughly one fourth in the early 1980s to 50 percent in 2005.
If every country recycled as much of its paper as South Korea does, the amount of wood pulp used to produce paper worldwide would drop by one third.
There is an enormous possibility for reducing paper use simply by replacing facial tissues, paper napkins, paper shopping bags and paper-intensive business equipment, such as copiers and fax machines.
We have to reduce paper use, in this way we will improve efficiency. There are hundreds of innovative ways to do that, such as Internet Fax. A leader that offers this kind of service is Popfax.com. All you have to do is subscribe to a package depending on your faxing needs. There are no monthly fees or any other hidden fees and for only 0.07 USD per page you can fax to the most popular destinations worldwide.
In this way, besides assisting to such an important process, you are going to save the money, that before were spent on paper, ink and energy. Popfax.com will make your business environmental friendly.
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06/12/2009 14:04 PM
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