Here are some ideas to check out. Although Americans are recycling more paper than ever, the amount we use and throw away each year continues to grow at a staggering rate. Increased recycling can help close the gap, but to a large degree we will have to rely upon our forests as a source of paper if we are going to meet our rising demands.
Trees are a renewable resource.
But logging and manufacturing paper from trees creates air and water pollution. And the saplings planted to replace harvested trees cannot recreate the environment that existed before logging. Nor can they convert carbon dioxide to oxygen or prevent soil erosion at the same rate as mature trees. Controlling paper consumption is one of the most environmentally sound solutions to our paper problem. Luckily, there are simple steps we can take to reduce paper use.