I've been thinking about all the things that are going on around us, and a lot of those things bother me. There's tons of debate about whether or not the greenhouse effect is in fact happening, but m
A quick comment about forests/paper: From what I hear, there US forest is larger and in better condition now than ever. More trees, better trees, better management. Think of trees as a crop that's pl
A side note ... A friend is a collector of old books. He has documentation that a good portion of the "rags" used for fine paper making in the early 18th century were actually unwrapped from around E
A friend is a collector of old books. He has documentation that a good portion of the "rags" used for fine paper making in the early 18th century were actually unwrapped from around Egyptian mummies.
I would have to agree, the oil it take to make plastic TP in not renewable. the forests on the other hand is. i have heard that if The asia culture began using plactic reusable chop sticks the worlds
As a little part of our business we collect and recycle scrap paper and send it to a local mill for recycling into new paper. We take 5-10 ton/week of magazines, newspapers, books, catalogs, and -- b
How many copies of the New York Times Washington Post and others might that be?? Dave It's only a matter of time that printed media will be replaced completely by on-line media. We will run out of tr
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A3296-2001Jan30 "China now produces and discards more than 45 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks every year, cutting down
No, we've got more trees -- and better trees -- than we've ever had. Jon Wennerberg Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing Marquette, Michigan (that's 'way up north)
A few non-essential comments on this thread; A. Not all Chopstick using countries use a new pair every time, many are mandating re-use. B. Better to use the NY Times/Wash Post for TP the first time,
Regarding your point "C": In the fifties, the TP was even worse; the worst being "bahnhof toilet paper". There were two types, one with the consistency of sandpaper and the other had the absorbency