Comments on: Idea #3 – recycling http://www.ideasandinformation.org.uk:/index/2010/05/13/idea-3-recycling/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 21 May 2010 15:43:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Emily http://www.ideasandinformation.org.uk:/index/2010/05/13/idea-3-recycling/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Emily Fri, 21 May 2010 15:43:51 +0000 http://www.ideasandinformation.org.uk:/index/?p=184#comment-22 I'm fairly sure that paper can be recycled indefinitely, as any paper product can be broken down into fibrous mulch, then reformed- I've done it myself. However, if you aren't using white or light-coloured mulch, then it would presumably require some form of bleaching process to make it useable. If a prudent method of doing this can't be established, then perhaps it would be better to use new, but unbleached, paper from sustainable forests for writing paper, and use recycled paper for other things such as packaging? I’m fairly sure that paper can be recycled indefinitely, as any paper product can be broken down into fibrous mulch, then reformed- I’ve done it myself.

However, if you aren’t using white or light-coloured mulch, then it would presumably require some form of bleaching process to make it useable. If a prudent method of doing this can’t be established, then perhaps it would be better to use new, but unbleached, paper from sustainable forests for writing paper, and use recycled paper for other things such as packaging?

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