So is this really a good argument? Even if trees really are renewable, aren%26#039;t there other good reasons for recycling paper as opposed to just dumping it? 40% 2 Votes
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There is another reason to recycle. Not only are trees renew-
able like you say but trees also produces oxygen. If people
won%26#039;t recycle their newspapers then someday we could run
out of oxygen if there are no trees and where would that leave
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Waste is waste. Your colleagues need to be educated that waste is not a good thing. There is no good argument against reducing, reusing, and recycling...unless your a republican evangelical and you are waiting to get raptured.
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Trees are a renewable source, but, as has been said before, it is a lot better for the environment to recycle paper. In addition to all the points made, like the Co2 and use of fossil fuels, why make new paper from trees, when you can make paper from used paper that is otherwise only going to sit aroud in landfill and rot? Things that rot in landfill produce greenhouse gases and methane, plus, the more things we continues to put in landfill, the sooner we are going to run out of space!
Also, just say for arguments sake that as a population, we use 100,000 trees per year (yes I know it is a lot more than that). Even if we re-planted 100,000 trees every year, if they take more than 12 months to grow then we are not replacing the trees at the same rate we are using them. If a tree takes 10 years to grow, then we need to be replanting 10 times as many trees as we are cutting down.
I agree, the USA can be awful when it comes to the environment. A recent visit there, showed that many people use disposable cutlery and plates as it%26#039;s easier than doing the dishes. Also, even the school dinner trays (that you eat off) are made out of polystyrene, rather than the plastic ones in the UK, that are washed and used again.
When buying things, people should look for the most environmentally product, even down to whether one product has more packaging than another, or where the product originated from. If it was made 1,000 miles away, it%26#039;s a lot more damaging to the environment than a product that was made 50 miles away. 20% 1 Vote -
recycleing paper saves trees n makes less polution. plus trees giv us air. so recycling is good no matter wat
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thats a rediculous argument, they are renewable but they are being cut and used faster then we can grow them....
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Only sometimes are tree renewable. In most cases so many trees are cut down in an area at the same time, the trees don%26#039;t have enough time to grow back with the same amount of trees as before. This is definitely not showing that trees are being %26quot;renewable resources.%26quot; Even if all trees were renewable, that is no reason to not recycle.
Anytime you throw anything away, you are just polluting the earth more. It%26#039;s terrible and sad when something that CAN be recycled is thrown away, for it just shows laziness and no care for the earth. 0% 0 Votes -
Copier paper can be composted, so why use excess fuel to haul it off as trash to fill a dump that probably does not have a methane generator on site.
Grow something don%26#039;t bury it. 0% 0 Votes -
thats like chopping down all he trees in the world and saying that they will grow back so foget about it
thats also like driving past a kangaroo eating a cake and yelling out to it %26quot;hey! you missed a spot%26quot; my stoner friend 0% 0 Votes -
well trees are a renewable source but how long does it take to grow a tree..... ask her that. Shes stupid, you should get a box or something and leave it near the copier. As a school they should promote recycling so students do it as well, and there should be recycling boxes in every class. You should bring it up at a PTA meeting or something, in the long run, it;s cheaper for the school, beause they have less garbage, and they should buy recyled paper too. You should fight for it.....