Less than half of the paper used in the UK is recovered and over five million tonnes gets dumped in landfill sites every year.
REUSE
- Make the best use of paper
- Use both sides of paper
- Make a scrap paper pad
- Buy recycled paper
RECYCLE all your clean flat paper. If paper is recycled the amount of waste going into landfill is cut and less timber used. Managing our insatiable demand for timber should reduce the need to clear old growth forests which are rich in biodiversity.
Compost soiled and crumpled paper.
See also Newspapers.
