| Paper recycling is the process when waste paper is | | | | fibers. Centrifugal cleaning. Flotation is when the foam |
| changed into new useable paper. Recycling is also a | | | | is removed the pulp is made brighter. Kneading or |
| good practice in the community. To recycle paper | | | | dispersion Washing to remove unwanted small |
| takes less energy that to produce new paper. Early | | | | particles. Beaching, using peroxide to remove the color |
| Recycling Recycling has been a common practice, | | | | from the pulp. |
| with a record advocates as far a Plato in 400 BC. | | | | Before the true Paper was invented in China people |
| When resources were scarce, the ancient waste | | | | used many kinds of papers which were: |
| dumps show less household waste- implying that more | | | | Stone - Egyptians chiseled hieroglyphics on stones |
| waste was recycled in the absence of new material. | | | | Bricks - Babylonians incised letters into soft clay and |
| Recycling became a commercial proposition since | | | | baked tablets |
| Mattias Koop established a Neckinger Mill in 1826 which | | | | Metals - Romans stamped letters metals |
| produced white paper from waste paper. | | | | Vegetation - Writing on palms and other trees |
| Why Recycling Paper is good - Recycling paper | | | | Bark - Symbols were written on thee bark of white |
| reduces waste in communities. -Less pollution in the | | | | birch in North America |
| environment promoting a better and clean environment. | | | | Wood |
| -Less energy is used to recycle than to make a new | | | | Parchment - Parchment is like a sheet made from |
| paper. -Helps in the process were plants and animals | | | | sheeps skin. They spitted the skin and used the inner |
| depend to each other (Eco-system). -Conserves | | | | for parchment. |
| resources -Reduces the need of new landfills and | | | | Vellum -Vellum was from calfs skin and made the |
| incinerators - Stimulates the growth of greener | | | | some as parchment. |
| technology | | | | Papyrus - Papyrus was made from an aquatic plant. |
| How Paper is Recycled - The first task is to collect | | | | The word paper was derived from Papyrus. |
| papers from the bins or even from the dumping. | | | | Recycling is really a good practice in the community. It |
| Adding hot water to the papers and applying a | | | | shows that it is not craze of modern society, but it |
| mechanical action to separate the fibers. Screening is | | | | shows our inner desire to do more with less. |
| done to remove any contaminates larger than the | | | | |