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Reducing climate change gas emissions by cutting out stages in the life cycle of office paper
- Source :
- Resources, Conservation & Recycling; Feb2007, Vol. 49 Issue 4, p340-352, 13p
- Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- The paper industry''s climate change gas emissions are growing. This article considers how to reduce emissions from cut-size office paper by bypassing stages in its life cycle. The options considered are: incineration, which cuts out landfill; localisation, which cuts out transport; annual fibre, which cuts out forestry and reduces pulping; fibre recycling, which cuts out landfill, forestry and pulping; un-printing, which cuts out all stages except printing; electronic-paper, which cuts out all stages. Un-printing may offer the greatest climate change emission reduction. There are uncertainties in this result, particularly in estimating the proportion of waste office paper would be suitable for un-printing. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09213449
- Volume :
- 49
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Resources, Conservation & Recycling
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 23741260
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2006.03.018