Recycling Newspaper?

Question

we receive newspapers everyday..and it's taking up space..we don't throw them.. we also don't have this recycling center in our town..I don't think it's still that implemented in the country..<Philippines>

so my father asked me to research how to recycle newspaper in our house or backyard..so far..all that i have seen are the effects of recycling them and recycling them small scale..

what I'm trying to ask is how to recycle the newspaper at a relatively large and fast and inexpensive way..

we have about a large pile of newsapaper..enough to fill a very small room..

how can I change all that to recycled paper? what processes? what chemicals?

Answer 1

How   do I  get  starting  to   Recling    the  Newspaper

Answer 2

If there is some sort of trade or industry in your area that ships items, they may need packaging materials to protect the items. The best way to recycle paper for shipping is to shred it if you can... shredded paper also works well for insulation in walls and ceilings.

Answer 3

It would help not to even buy the newspaper, just read it online,  if you have no use for it after you read it... If you have old newspapers give them to a veterinarian.. They use newspapers to line cages.

Answer 4

I have come across people who use newspaper to make craftwork like rolling each pcs and weave into basket (spray with  clear lacquer) use for flowwer pots and fruits basket -very nice-(of course by then you would have overloaded baskets and lots of energy used. not pratical to this extend) over in my country we resell to the newspaper deliverer at end of 2mths)The best i think is used it for packeting/rubbish disposal,

Answer 5

HOW TO MAKE PAPER AT HOME

Let’s pass to the experiment part of this article. By now, you understand that to make a sheet of paper, you must first get a suspension of cellulose fibers in water. Getting these fibers from a trunk is possible, but it would take too much time and effort. Therefore, we will use newspapers, from which it is easier to extract fibers. In this manner, we will also experiment with the possibility of recycling paper.



MATERIALS (figure 2):

- wooden frame

- sieve with holes of about 1 mm (available in a hardware store)

- Formica sheets

- rectangular bowl/container large enough to fit the frame

- mortar with pestle

- jug

- hairdryer

- newspaper

- green and dried grass (optional)

- flowers (optional)

- flat sponge

- water

  

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PROCEDURE:

- soak some of the newspaper in water (it’s better if you let it to set for a day or two);

- squeeze out the excess water;

- with the mortar and pestle, crush a little bit of paper at a time until you get a homogeneous paste, consisting of fibers isolated from each other (figure 5);

- repeat this until you have enough paste;

- fill the bowl halfway with water;

- put the paper paste in the bowl and stir it to separate the fibers;

- remove any resulting clumps (a dense suspension of fibers must remain in the water);

- immerse the frame in the watery suspension in the bowl (the sieve should be facing the bottom of the bowl);

- slowly remove the frame from the suspension keeping it steadily horizontal; eventually move the frame to even out the layer of fibers (figure 6);

- wait for the water to drain;



- place the smooth side of a sheet of Formica on top of the sheet of paper still soaked with water;

- press on the Formica a little to drain the water, taking care not to deform the sieve (figure 7);

- with a sponge, collect water from underneath and squeeze it away every so often;

- carefully remove the sheet of Formica so that the sheet of paper remains attached to it (figure 8);

- let the sheet of paper dry. To do this more quickly, you can dry it with a hairdryer (figure 9).



- make other sheets of paper, introducing to the suspension some grass crushed in the mortar;

- (optionally) later introduce some flower petals (without crushing them).







Figure 9 - Drying of the sheet with a hairdryer.

Figure 10 - The sheet of paper produced.



The presence of green and brown vegetable fibers from the grass will give your sheets a special charm. Also, the addition of petals will contribute to make the sheets more beautiful. You can even use the paper you will have made to write a letter.

The paper you make using this procedure (figure 10) will be bright on one side and opaque on the other. The bright side is more suitable for writing. This paper is highly permeable by ink, but it is possible to write on it using a ballpoint pen. If you want to reduce the absorbency of the paper you’ve made, soak it in a solution of water and gelatin and then let it dry again.

RECYCLING PAPER

As you have seen, paper is made up of cellulose fibers held together by glue. By hand or even by means of special machines, it is possible to separate the fibers of paper from each other and reuse them to make new paper. In the industrial processes of recycling printed paper, a deinking treatment is often performed in order to brighten it.

What does recycling paper mean? As you know, to produce paper it is necessary to cut down trees. Considering the large quantity of paper used in the world (about 300 million tons), every year entire forests are cut down. This constitutes disruption to nature. Moreover, when paper is no longer needed,

it is often dumped in landfills, but part of it also ends up in the environment, contributing to pollution. Recycling paper means reducing both the number of trees cut down and pollution to the environment (figure 11).