Newspaper recycling

1991/07/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

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Germany is a world leader in paper recycling. Examples of this are the numbers provided by a newspaper manufacturer in Augsburg: They recycle 420,000 tons of paper and take advantage of 720 kg of paper used to produce a ton of newspaper.

In 1990 Germany consumed 14.4 million tons of paper. Of these, 6.1 million tons were collected and 5.6 million tons were used to produce paper again.

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The company has invested 250 million frames in the collection of used paper in recent years. Every day, by recycling 1.2 billion tons of used paper, the public administration has saved 30 million frames (taking into account the costs of accumulation, transport and burning).

However, since used paper fibres undergo a fatigue process, continuous recycling is not possible without new inputs. More wood is also needed.

Therefore, in addition to avoiding harmful gases produced by burning paper used in landfills, new paper is also generated.