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By Pearl AndersonYear 7
By Pearl AndersonYear 7
CardboardRecycling
About Cardboard Recycling
About Cardboard Recycling
Recycling cardboard saves 99% less water and 50% less energy than making a
new piece of cardboard. It also saves 90% by products such as chemical wastes.
Every Kilogram of cardboard you recycle saves one kilogram of green house gases.
Recycling cardboard saves 99% less water and 50% less energy than making a
new piece of cardboard. It also saves 90% by products such as chemical wastes.
Every Kilogram of cardboard you recycle saves one kilogram of green house gases.
About Cardboard Recycling (page 2)About Cardboard
Recycling (page 2) Australians use around three and a half million tonnes(160,000 semi-trailers)
of paper and cardboard in a year and only one million seven hundred and fifty thousand tonnes of it is recycled or half.
80% of paper and cardboard packaging is made from recycled material.
Recycled cardboard can be made into sound proofing material, installation and furniture.
Australians use around three and a half million tonnes(160,000 semi-trailers)
of paper and cardboard in a year and only one million seven hundred and fifty thousand tonnes of it is recycled or half.
80% of paper and cardboard packaging is made from recycled material.
Recycled cardboard can be made into sound proofing material, installation and furniture.
How To Recycle Cardboard
How To Recycle Cardboard
The cardboard is brought to the recycling plant.
At the recycling plant it is sorted into grades(types).
The cardboard is then washed in very soapy water to remove all ink, plastic and staples.
Glue is then added to make what is called slurry.
The cardboard is brought to the recycling plant.
At the recycling plant it is sorted into grades(types).
The cardboard is then washed in very soapy water to remove all ink, plastic and staples.
Glue is then added to make what is called slurry.
How To Recycle Cardboard (page 2)How To Recycle
Cardboard (page 2)
A different type of paper and cardboard is then added.
The slurry is then spread and rolled, then left to dry.
Once it has dried it is cut and sent to paper retailers.
A different type of paper and cardboard is then added.
The slurry is then spread and rolled, then left to dry.
Once it has dried it is cut and sent to paper retailers.
Being Waste Wise With Cardboard
Being Waste Wise With Cardboard
Types that can be recycled: Flattened cardboard. Clean pizza boxes. Small cardboard scraps.Types that can not: Waxed cardboard. Unflattened boxes. Dirty pizza boxes(as in food in or on them).
Types that can be recycled: Flattened cardboard. Clean pizza boxes. Small cardboard scraps.Types that can not: Waxed cardboard. Unflattened boxes. Dirty pizza boxes(as in food in or on them).
Being Waste Wise with Cardboard (page2)
Being Waste Wise with Cardboard (page2)
Another way to be waste wise with cardboard is to reuse it e.g. you could use the cardboard to make something else.
Another way to be waste wise with cardboard is to reuse it e.g. you could use the cardboard to make something else.
