What is wrong with paper disposable products?
Most of the paper in common paper disposable products (such as paper plates and cups) comes from trees. • Our worlds remaining rain forests are being cut down at an alarming rate • In May 2009, the United Nations estimated that around 32 million acres of the world’s forests – an area the size of Greece – are destroyed each year. • Destruction of forests accounts for more than 20% of carbon dioxide emissions, more than all carbon dioxide emissions released by the world’s cars, boats, planes, and trains combined! • The rain forest pulls carbon out of the air, so its loss contributes directly to Global Warming • Rain forest destruction is causing an unprecedented rate of species extinction and loss of biodiversity. • Pulp and paper mills that use virgin timber are major generators of hazardous air pollutants. According to the NDRC the paper industry is the third largest emitter of global warming pollution, and its carbon dioxide emissions are expected to double by 2020. This unfolding tra
