PAPER VS PLASTIC? When comparing plastic and paper, plastic always comes out on top! * Paper bags require 4 to 5 times more energy to produce, transport and recycle than plastic * Paper bags are responsible for 70% more air pollution and 50 times more water pollution than plastic * Plastic bags generate 80% less solid waste than paper * Recycling plastic requires 91% less energy than paper * The manufacture of paper bags uses 40% more energy than plastic * It takes 17 trees to produce a ton of paper or approximately 8,350 sheets of paper per tree * Paper can only be recycled up to a maximum of 7 times only * It would take at least 10 years for paper to completely biodegrade
Posted on: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 07:56:25 +0000