Environmental Impact of Readin News (17)
bollywoodTRIVANDRUM, Kerala India53 Threads 2 Polls 973 PostsEach newspaper and Magazine comes with a big environmental impact we choose to Ignore . To make one ton of paper it require more than 17 trees ,25000 lts of water and 4000 Kwh of Electricity . Considering an average weight of 65 grams (Indian standard ) of a days news paper , multiply with the circulation figures and see how enormous is the natural resource wastage we are incurring . Though 70 % of the trees for making paper is grown in farms yet the 30% is still come from forests. Where third world is this part will go up to more than 50%, razing down the precious rain forests and tapping large amount of water depleting the much needed water in water starving countries. Apart from this the carbon miles for distributing the news papers are mind boggling. The slurry left out of paper making process contain metals like mercury and cadmium and strong acids .which will eventually pollute the ground water and get into animals and human beings When we look at a news papers 60% of them are advertisements and the news we don’t read. Do we need to tax the environment for reading news in hard copy when we can do that online ?
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We have what we call here the Greens Party that are in Parliament and they got numbers on the bench to keep these things modified here in Aus
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Hang on will read again as I think ive surely read what your asking wrong
Its not quite full today my upstairs
Give me a min
Its not quite full today my upstairs
Give me a min
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bollywood: Each newspaper and Magazine comes with a big environmental impact we choose to Ignore . To make one ton of paper it require more than 17 trees ,25000 lts of water and 4000 Kwh of Electricity . Considering an average weight of 65 grams (Indian standard ) of a days news paper , multiply with the circulation figures and see how enormous is the natural resource wastage we are incurring . Though 70 % of the trees for making paper is grown in farms yet the 30% is still come from forests. Where third world is this part will go up to more than 50%, razing down the precious rain forests and tapping large amount of water depleting the much needed water in water starving countries. Apart from this the carbon miles for distributing the news papers are mind boggling. The slurry left out of paper making process contain metals like mercury and cadmium and strong acids .which will eventually pollute the ground water and get into animals and human beings When we look at a news papers 60% of them are advertisements and the news we don’t read. Do we need to tax the environment for reading news in hard copy when we can do that online ?
You forgot many others that use tons of paper also.
Such as Magazines, Junk mail, those also have mostly ads in them. Offices go through tons of paper also from faxs, printer paper.
We do need toilet paper so lets bann all of those things so we can keep toilet paper.
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My first post will do
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The future of newspapers within the publishing world is digital and online!
Thus circulation figures here in the UK are plummeting and people can digest the same information at home.
I'm afraid as well to let you know that within 5 years newspapers will be basically free because they are funded by advertising now.
The days of paying for news media now are almost over, so it will be very hard to tax.
Thus circulation figures here in the UK are plummeting and people can digest the same information at home.
I'm afraid as well to let you know that within 5 years newspapers will be basically free because they are funded by advertising now.
The days of paying for news media now are almost over, so it will be very hard to tax.
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bollywood: Each newspaper and Magazine comes with a big environmental impact we choose to Ignore . To make one ton of paper it require more than 17 trees ,25000 lts of water and 4000 Kwh of Electricity . Considering an average weight of 65 grams (Indian standard ) of a days news paper , multiply with the circulation figures and see how enormous is the natural resource wastage we are incurring . Though 70 % of the trees for making paper is grown in farms yet the 30% is still come from forests. Where third world is this part will go up to more than 50%, razing down the precious rain forests and tapping large amount of water depleting the much needed water in water starving countries. Apart from this the carbon miles for distributing the news papers are mind boggling. The slurry left out of paper making process contain metals like mercury and cadmium and strong acids .which will eventually pollute the ground water and get into animals and human beings When we look at a news papers 60% of them are advertisements and the news we don’t read. Do we need to tax the environment for reading news in hard copy when we can do that online ?
Here is an IDEA forget the damn tree for a minute find a homeless person or family and help them get back on there feet and then we will all go and fight for those damn trees------ This thread is Archived ------
bollywood: Each newspaper and Magazine comes with a big environmental impact we choose to Ignore . To make one ton of paper it require more than 17 trees ,25000 lts of water and 4000 Kwh of Electricity . Considering an average weight of 65 grams (Indian standard ) of a days news paper , multiply with the circulation figures and see how enormous is the natural resource wastage we are incurring . Though 70 % of the trees for making paper is grown in farms yet the 30% is still come from forests. Where third world is this part will go up to more than 50%, razing down the precious rain forests and tapping large amount of water depleting the much needed water in water starving countries. Apart from this the carbon miles for distributing the news papers are mind boggling. The slurry left out of paper making process contain metals like mercury and cadmium and strong acids .which will eventually pollute the ground water and get into animals and human beings When we look at a news papers 60% of them are advertisements and the news we don’t read. Do we need to tax the environment for reading news in hard copy when we can do that online ?
A very large percentage of newspaper is recycled. I worked at a recycling plant in Syracuse. We averaged between 60 and 90 tons of paper a day.And this wasnt the only plant in the area. Cardboard is the same. but we shiped more of it------ This thread is Archived ------
USThumper: A very large percentage of newspaper is recycled. I worked at a recycling plant in Syracuse. We averaged between 60 and 90 tons of paper a day.And this wasnt the only plant in the area. Cardboard is the same. but we shiped more of it
I am curious to know how this work . The spent after recycling the paper is said to be very toxic . How do you guys manage the enviromental impact of this ?
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We need trees they produce our oxygen and so does other plants but still we need them.
All paper products needs to stop, except toilet paper and paper plates.
All paper products needs to stop, except toilet paper and paper plates.
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It is funny how people seem to care more about the trees and the polor bears than the human race so the OP can go and save as many tress he want I rather help a real person who is down on there luck
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bollywood: I am curious to know how this work . The spent after recycling the paper is said to be very toxic . How do you guys manage the enviromental impact of this ?
We just sorted it and loaded it in semis. The news and junk mail went to Niagra Falls somewhere, but the cardboard went to a plant here in Syracuse. they have there own treatment plant------ This thread is Archived ------
mylifewithu: We need trees they produce our oxygen and so does other plants but still we need them.
All paper products needs to stop, except toilet paper and paper plates.
You could always go back to using leaves.All paper products needs to stop, except toilet paper and paper plates.
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USThumper: You could always go back to using leaves.
No no no never , get rid of them wasting paper for my mail box and we can have toilet paper for a hundred years
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desmond: It is funny how people seem to care more about the trees and the polor bears than the human race so the OP can go and save as many tress he want I rather help a real person who is down on there luck
Most of the current Human suffering has a direct relationship with the environmental factors. Deforestation and over usage of natural resources will cause change in climatic pattern which can result in draughts and floods situation alternation of the immediate environment resulting in crop failure and that propel mass migration to urban areas causing slums to flourish and promote joblessness. This is happening in world over .There are more than a million Bangladeshi migrants in India who left their country due to floods .This floods are caused by the deforestation happened in lower Himalayan ranges. By Protecting the environment you are actually protecting the human race and preventing calamities
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I stopped readin newspapers a long time ago.Its just bad news anyway
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bollywood: Most of the current Human suffering has a direct relationship with the environmental factors. Deforestation and over usage of natural resources will cause change in climatic pattern which can result in draughts and floods situation alternation of the immediate environment resulting in crop failure and that propel mass migration to urban areas causing slums to flourish and promote joblessness. This is happening in world over .There are more than a million Bangladeshi migrants in India who left their country due to floods .This floods are caused by the deforestation happened in lower Himalayan ranges. By Protecting the environment you are actually protecting the human race and preventing calamities
Well if you really think that why people loose there jobs and become homeless then you are smoking some really good stuff i think it might have come from a tree.People loose there jobs because companys leave countrys or the state the person they are in and it has nothing to do with nature.But keep up the good fight for the trees and I keep try to help people opver trees------ This thread is Archived ------
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