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Paper or Planet

Paper or Planet. The saddest song I’ve got Annie Lennox, Bare.

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Paper or Planet

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  1. Paper or Planet The saddest song I’ve got Annie Lennox, Bare

  2. CHEMICALS USED IN PULP & PAPER MANUFACTURING AND COATINGAgalite or TalcAKDAlumAlbarineAmmonium Zirconium Carbonate AnthraquinoneAnti-Foam/Defoamer AsbestineAPEASABarium SulfateBarytesBlanc FixeCarboxy Methyl CelluloseSodium HydroxidePrecipitated Calcium CarbonateSilicate of MagnesiaHydrated Silicate of AluminaChlorine DioxideChlorineCalcium Magnesium CarbonateDiethylene Triamine Penta AcetateEthylene Diamine Tetra acetic AcidNatural PolymerNatural Sulfate of LimeHydrogen PeroxideCalcium OxideCalcium CarbonateMagnesium CarbonateOxygenOzoneAbietic AcidSodium AbietateSodium SulfateSodium CarbonateSodium HydrosulfiteSodium SilicateSulfurTitanium Dioxide

  3. “Nearly half of the trees cut in North America go to papermaking.” conservatree.org

  4. The significant loss is the forest.Including the loss of wildlife and herbs.

  5. “What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.” – Gandhi

  6. Replanted trees are treated with chemicals and thinned out for growth.

  7. Trees grown on plantations do not make a true forest.

  8. “Even if something is made with 20% recycled content, it’s still 80% virgin tree.” ecomall.com

  9. The bleaching process for white and colored paper creates dioxins polluting our air, soil and water.

  10. Dioxins accumulate in foods that contain fat, even mothers milk.

  11. "The fate of the living planet is the most important issue facing mankind". - Gaylord Nelson

  12. Paper or Planet

  13. “More than 90% of the printing and writing paper made in this country today is still virgin paper.” conservatree.org

  14. Natural pine forest declined from about 72 million acres in 1953 to 33 million acres in 1999.

  15. “384,000 square miles of forest is cut down every year.” recycleutah.org

  16. “Paper makes up nearly 40% of our garbage.” ecomall.com

  17. “29 percent of the 16,000 plants native to the United States are at risk of disappearing.” sentienttimes.com

  18. Pine plantations are excellent atgrowing wood, but natural forests provide wildlifehabitat and preserve biodiversity.

  19. The decomposition of paper producesMethane, a potent greenhousegas and contributor to global climatechange.

  20. “The power to save the planet rests with the individual consumer.” - Denis Hayes

  21. Paper or Planet

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