Environmental issues with paper | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 13/06/2019

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_paper


00:01:20 1 Issues
00:04:38 1.1 Air pollution
00:07:39 1.2 Water pollution
00:10:28 1.3 Paper waste
00:11:23 1.4 Wood pulping process
00:11:33 1.5 Chlorine and chlorine-based materials
00:14:20 1.6 Sulfur, hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide
00:17:42 1.7 Greenhouse gas emissions
00:19:43 1.8 Non-renewable resources
00:20:02 2 Mitigation
00:20:25 2.1 Sustainable forest management
00:21:49 2.1.1 Forest certification
00:22:33 2.2 Pulp bleaching
00:23:00 2.3 Recycling
00:24:39 2.4 Recycled paper and paper mills
00:27:19 2.5 Regulations
00:27:37 2.5.1 United States
00:27:45 2.5.1.1 Air and water pollution
00:30:54 2.5.1.2 Forest management
00:31:14 2.5.2 Canada
00:33:37 2.5.3 International
00:34:23 2.6 Mechanical pulp mills
00:35:03 3 Inks
00:36:01 4 See also



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The environmental impact of paper is significant, which has led to changes in industry and behaviour at both business and personal levels. With the use of modern technology such as the printing press and the highly mechanized harvesting of wood, disposable paper became a relatively cheap commodity, which led to a high level of consumption and waste. The rise in global environmental issues such as air and water pollution, climate change, overflowing landfills and clearcutting have all lead to increased government regulations. There is now a trend towards sustainability in the pulp and paper industry as it moves to reduce clear cutting, water use, greenhouse gas emissions, fossil fuel consumption and clean up its impacts on local water supplies and air pollution.
According to a Canadian citizen's organization, "People need paper products and we need sustainable, environmentally safe production."Environmental product declarations or product scorecards are available to collect and evaluate the environmental and social performance of paper products, such as the Paper Calculator, Environmental Paper Assessment Tool (EPAT), or Paper Profile.Both the U.S. and Canada generate interactive maps of environmental indicators which show pollution emissions of individual facilities.