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These activities will help you learn more about paper products and recycling.
1) Use the questions below or develop your own and forward
them to companies who use paper products.
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Call or e-mail the public relations department of a telephone
company and ask:
- How many tonnes of paper does it take to make all of their
telephone books?
- How many are recycled?
- What are the benefits and drawbacks to using recycled paper
products? Think of costs, truck pollution, reduced waste, labour etc.
- Is recycling likely to increase or decrease? Why?
2) Call or e-mail the public relations department of a fast
food company, corporate office downtown or a newspaper company and ask the following
questions or suggest your own.
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- What kind of paper products do they use in their packaging?
- How much paper is used in a year? How much of the paper
used is recycled and where is it obtained?
3) Then call or e-mail the public relations department
of a paper-making company and ask:
- What steps are taken to ensure that paper is produced
in an environmentally responsible manner?
- How is paper reused so that fewer trees are cut?
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4)
Call or e-mail the public relations department of a photocopier manufacturer
and ask:
- How many copies can their best machine handle in a lifetime
and how much would that paper weigh?
- How is photocopy paper recycled? How much paper per year
is recycled at your company?
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5) Call or e-mail the public relations department of a
computer manufacturing company and ask:
- How many e-mail messages are printed on paper by the
average person? How many e-mail messages are sent in North America in
a year?
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6) Talk to the administrative staff in your school and ask:
- How does your school maximize the use of paper and minimize
waste?
- How much does your school recycle?
- How much money is saved by recycling? (IDEA: You may want
to start a recycling club at your school to ensure students and staff are
aware of recycling issues or opportunities. Your school could save money from
recyling activities for a field trip.)
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