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Paper recycling process

  • Almost half of all commercial waste in Ireland is paper - over 500,000 tonnes.
  • The pulp and paper industry is the world's fifth largest industrial consumer of energy and uses more water to produce a tonne of product than any other industry.
  • An average two and a half tonnes of paper waste is generated in a small 15 person office each year.
  • Producing just one tonne of paper requires 2-3 times that weight in trees. 75 per cent of a tree harvested for paper does not end up as a paper product.
  • Recycling just one tonne of paper saves 13 trees, 31,000 litres of water and results in 75 per cent less air pollution.