Why don't we make paper out of garbage?

Question

If we could safely make paper out of old plastic bottles & other trash, we would save so many trees & find a way to use & reuse garbage. Of course, any smell would have to be removed first!

What do you think?

Answer 1

in America, there are reams of recycled paper that can be bought at any office supply store.

Answer 2

Well, you can't make paper from plastic, but as long as you sort your garbage and recycle it, it will be reused!!  Maybe not for paper, but for something else that is made from pulp..  so it all turns out the same.

Answer 3

TOO BUSY MAKING GARBAGE OUT OF PAPER TO ENTERTAIN THAT SORT OF THINKING

Answer 4

well paper bags are made from recycled materials like bottles and paper and such. but it is a good idea, but theres a lot of trash that wouldn't work to well to make a bag like banana peels. but thats an in interesting point!

Answer 5

because they wait until paper is made into newspapers, and then you will see the garbage

Answer 6

i thinkm they are already making plastic products out of recycled plastic and paper bags , writing paper etc. etc . out of recycled paper.

Answer 7

I have often wondered the same thing! Perhaps people are too lazy or stoburn to do that, it may take a long time, and they will have to make a new machine for it. Maybe they are trying to, i dont know. Good question.

Answer 8

it takes more energy to recycle anything. and forests arent endangered (at least not in modern countries). study more about this.

Answer 9

We already do make paper out of used paper...making paper out of plastic?  not sure how well that would work.   Maybe you should try it.   It could make you millions.

Answer 10

recycling costs a lot of money.

Answer 11

Plastic bottles are recycled into other products, but

Plastic bottles take 700 years before they begin to decompose in a landfill.

If everyone in NYC gave up water bottles for one week they would save 24 million bottles from being landfilled; one month would save 112 million bottles and one year would save 1.328 billion bottles from going into the landfill.

Al Gore still drinks from a plastic bottle.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-sawy...

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