Hi all,

I have just added two more information articles on paper production and paper recycling.

Paper Production

Until the mid 19th century paper was produced mostly from recycled cotton cloth, linen or hemp fibers. With the increased demands of the Industrial Revolution and widespread desire for more books and writing materials, a cheaper alternative was sought for and found with wood pulp. A financially viable mechanical pulping machine was developed in Germany in the 1840’s and by the turn of the twentieth century various chemical means to pulp wood into paper fibers was developed. [...]

Benefits of Recycling Paper

Each year, the people of the United States uses no less than eighty-six million tons of paper, of which this country recycles only about nineteen million tons of this waste paper. If we were to recycle all of the remaining paper, we could recycle up to forty-six million tons. Recycling those forty-six million tons could save at least seven hundred eighty six million trees, or at least several forests worth. This would save the habitats of many endangered species.[...]

Hi all,

Just drawing your attention to two new articles I have posted on aluminium:

Aluminium Production:

As one of the lightest and most plentiful metals in the Earth’s surface, aluminum has become the premiere material for constructing beverage containers since its first use for this purpose in 1965. It is also one of the most environmentally and economically feasible products in use today for the purposes of recovering and recycling previously used aluminum containers and cans [...]

Recycling Alumimium:

It’s amazing just how much we could help clean up our environment if people would just recycle the aluminum cans they thoughtlessly throw into the trash a send to the landfills every single day. The American people throw away no less than thirty-five billion aluminum cans every single year! [...]

I would just like to draw your attention to two new articles I have uploaded to the site on glass production and the benefits of recycling:

Glass Production

Glass products have been with us through a great deal of our known history and have always been an energy intensive product to create. While the basic materials of glass are fairly common they still require some energy expenditure to collect. The basic ingredients are fine silica sand or pulverized sandstone rock with a bit of calcium, oxide and lime. Depending on the quality of the finished product it can also contain an alkali of soda or potash which is used to lower the melting point and conserve at least a small bit of the energy required to melt these substances together [...]

Benefits of Glass Recycling:

Just in one month, nearly every single American throws out enough glass bottles and jars to fill up a giant skyscraper!  Every single one of these jars are 100% recyclable!  Just the energy saved from recycling one glass bottle alone can run a 100-watt light bulb for four hours, not to mention it also causes about 20% less air pollution and over 50% less water pollution than when a company has to make a new bottle from raw materials [...]