Green Options » Save Trees http://greenoptions.com/tag/save-trees Posts tagged 'Save Trees' Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:38:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en A By-the-Numbers Look at Paper Recycling: Does One Person’s Effort Do Any Good? http://sustainablog.org/2008/09/01/a-by-the-numbers-look-at-paper-recycling-does-one-persons-effort-do-any-good/ http://sustainablog.org/2008/09/01/a-by-the-numbers-look-at-paper-recycling-does-one-persons-effort-do-any-good/#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:38:57 +0000 Adam Williams http://sustainablog.org/2008/09/01/a-by-the-numbers-look-at-paper-recycling-does-one-persons-effort-do-any-good/ Logging TruckHow much good comes from one person’s hypervigilant paper recycling effort?

I’ve been asking myself variations of this question lately, mainly while at my day job as I see basically all colleagues around me tossing paper into the trash, rather than the recycle bin.

I know it’s tough to look in the mirror and think that you, just one individual on a planet of billions, can do much that makes a difference. So I’ve been pondering what the value is — or is not — to my vigilance in recycling.

Can I make a difference? Is my effort worth anything to the planet, especially in the face of so many non-believers who assume apathy is the only medicine?

I’ve looked for the numbers to apply some math-based logic to these questions.

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