We all need nature. Everyone should be aware that the protection of the environment begins at each of us. How everyone can do his personal contribution is explained here.
Collect waste paper
Paper packaging, newspapers and magazines, sheets, books, craft paper, cardboard and books belong to recovered paper. Tetra pack cartons and foil bags are obviously things that may not belong to recovered paper.
Disposal companies collect the waste paper from collection points. Then sorting machines separate it into different material groups, which are of varying quality. With special machines paper and cardboard foreign materials (e.g. plastics, etc.) are separated and in a next step, the ink on recycled paper is removed mechanically. Most of this recycled paper will be bleached then. Depending on the manufactured product the paper factory orders different qualities of raw materials. Generally, the different types of waste paper are mixed in certain proportions and then, for example, exercise books will be made of them. The finished recycled paper then will be delivered.
Recycled paper
Who would like to protect the environment, should pay attention that the purchased school products are made from recycled paper. This is best seen with environmental labels such as the Blue Angel, which shows that the products are made from 100% recycled paper.
Environmentally-friendly school supplies are provided by different companies. The environmental assortment of Herlitz comprises 130 products from exercise books to folders.
Sources:
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Natur- und Umweltbildung NRW
http://www.treffpunkt-recyclingpapier.de/
http://www.blauer-engel.de/
http://www.stiftung-naturschutz.de
http://www.treffpunkt-recyclingpapier.de/initiative/
http://www.pro-regenwald.de/