energy dreamer
New member
Is it possible that recycling paper products perpetuates the constant abuse of our resources by encouraging usage rather than replacement of resources. That is, we remove trees to make paper ... and that is ok ... but we don't put anything back in the ground. Why not compact paper products and bury them, then plant trees or other vegetation over the site? This would put organic matter (carbon) back into the ground and require/encourage planting of trees. The more paper products we bury, the more carbon is removed from the atmosphere. If we continue to encourage taking the minerals from the ground (trees) but never replacing the Earth's original chemistry, what will we leave for Earth's inhabitants hundreds of years from now?