Task #1: Research.
1. How many trees are used eachday to make clean, white paper?
2. What is the papermaking process? Does it involve a lot of steps? Is it cost effective?
3. What does it take to become a recycled paper? What's the process?
4. Is it more costly to manufacture new or recycled paper?
5. Name a couple brands that use recycled paper. Name a couple brands that use only new paper.
6. How does recycling paper help our economy?
7. How can we re-use/recycle paper?
Use the some or all of the following links to help you in this research process:
Papermaking:
http://www.tappi.org/paperu/welcome.htm
http://individual.utoronto.ca/abdel_rahman/paper/fpmp.html
http://www.wipapercouncil.org/process.htm
http://www.sappi.com/SappiWeb/Knowledge+bank/How+paper+is+made/
Recycling:
http://individual.utoronto.ca/abdel_rahman/paper/recycling.html
http://www.cmu.edu/greenpractices/recycling/paper.html
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/saving/recycling/solidwaste/paperandglass.html
http://www.thepapermillstore.com/pages.php?pageid=688
Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=7SdJtYkAzTw
Brands:
http://www.officemax.com/omax/catalog/productListingTemplate.jsp?queryString=position%7E1&searchString=recycled&viewAllSize=91&defaultNoOfItemsOnEachPage=10&history=tybadk2r%7CfreeText%7Erecycled%5Eregion%7E1%5EprodPage%7E10&_requestid=1564406
http://www.kmart.com/shc/s/search_10151_10104?storeId=10151&catalogId=10104&keyword=recycled+paper&gobutton.x=0&gobutton.y=0&gobutton=find
http://www.thepapermillstore.com/pages.php?pageid=817
Mead Website:
http://www.officeworld.com/search_results/static/S104882/?gclid=CM_EobOX_pECFQ16Igod5XW83w
Task #2: Write.
In one to two pages,write a diary entry from a recycled piece of paper's
point of view. What would you do, where would you go, how would you feel? You may need
to review some of the websites you used earlier for research.
Task #3: Examine.
How much does your classroom recycle? Do your classmates/teacher recycle in more ways than simply throwing papers in the recycling bin? What are some ways you could improve the system? In what ways will you try to increase your paper recycling habits? Your team will create a poster to influence the class or school to make smart decisions about recycling paper, to give them reminders or ideas for great ways to reuse paper products.