Recycled Paper Vs. Virgin Paper

In this video I am comparing virgin paper to recycled paper and showing which one is better for the environment and why. After watching you will see that recycled paper uses less energy thereby producing less carbon emissions , making it much more environmentally friendly.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• environment
• recycle
• recycling
• recycled
• paper
• global
• warming
• carbon
• emissions
• energy
• efficient

[jibby626]

most paper is made on tree farms so therefore co2 neutral

also there is no proof that CO2 Methane cause global warming

finally H2O (Water) evaporating from the ocean is a greenhouse gases and makes up 99% of all green house gasses

[LimonPower]

@romrell59 sir or miss, i don't know what country you live but as far as i know, the most used way to harvest trees is by illegal harvesting. illegal because they are in the jungle and they should harvest one and plant 3 in replacement but they don't do it because there's nobody watching them or controlling them in that case. that is why recycling paper is so important (at least for me).

[romrell59]

This guy is such an idiot recycling zealot!

The vast majority of trees used in paper production come from privately-owned tree farms that would not be growing those trees if it weren't for a strong demand for those trees. The claim that recycling paper saves trees is tantamount to arguing that eating less beef increases the cattle population.

Yeah, you gotta love those numb-skull recycling zealots.

[74VDC]

Enjoyed the video! One thing you failed to mention was the amount (incredible) of energy (primarily in the form of diesel) consumed in providing the hole, drainage, retention ponds, roadways etc necessary to provide the receptacle in which to bury the non-recycled materials. This alone more than equals the fuel consumed to transport recycled goods. The equipment and support work for this seemingly simple operation is so often overlooked. It's astonishing.

[74VDC]

NO MODERN paper mill is self sufficient in regards to consumed power...NONE...not a single one, not even close. I've spent a good deal of my career in the industry...that's just not true. Many burn "black liquor", but that's really just to get rid of the stuff. Many power producer's sell back to the grid..there is a reason for that...surplus power. Difficult to explain here, but it's no different for any KW producer. Where did you hear this? Think brother...THINK...research.

[74VDC]

And you're point is....? They DO NOT replace the felled trees with the same species they felled. They replace old growth virgin hardwoods with fast growing scrub pines. What EXACTLY is you're "economic point"...that jobs are shifted from felling timber to recycling oriented jobs? Most pulp lumber is not solely cut for such purpose, but rather a side to first grade lumber cutting...even worse. You don't have a point...so just stop while you're behind.

[RaflecRadiantBarrier]

@soldier and @ uria

The point about "IF" less trees are planted and "IF" that forest gets clear cut and "IF" something more polluting is put in its place, is relying too much on "What If's." One thing I am "SURE" of is "IF" people recycle paper, less CO2 is released into the atmosphere.

[RaflecRadiantBarrier]

@soldier and @ uria Even if a paper mill is completely self sufficient, the bulldozers, cranes and other diesel engine machines are not. So your point about pieces of the trees being reused, although better than nothing still does not make it better than recycling.

[trad4living]

It's goofy top level analysis like this that paint cloudy pictures of issues, but give great talking points. "Use logic"??? Where does DATA come in. If you're going to take any time to ask the question, take the time to answer it for crying out loud. Do you have ANY clue?

[UriaHammonRaviel]

As SOLDIERF1 has said.

Now if demand for Virgin paper falls it becomes a less profitable business and the land that the trees are on could generate a better return if it was used for something else therfore the land will be cleared and used for smethin else(likely more polluting).

The bigger problem is in developing countries where deforestation occurs in order to make space for more profitable cash crop farming.