RE: Paper, nothing but paper ... Why we should avoid paper !!! Papier, nichts als Papier! Warum wir Papier meiden sollten...
Good work! Just a few things that I would like to add. There is a new alternative for paper made from trees that is much more lucrative, sustainable and beneficial for the environment! China is now one of the very few countries that produce paper from stone (along with Argentina I believe)! The technology was invented by William Liang from Taiwan and is explained in detail in the Blue economy book 3.0 written by Gunter Pauli. Check this link for more details: goo.gl/a2qvvW. To briefly explain, stone paper is made from 80% calcium carbonate crush stone from mining plant wastes and 20% of a non toxic plastic HDPE (High Density PolyPhene). That paper is also fully water proof and can be constantly recycled !!! You can imagine the tremendous economic and environmental impacts of such advanced technology! This is a really great opportunity for entrepreneurship and for the environment! So No we should not stop use paper but instead we should produce and buy paper stone! :)
Great Comment! I will do my research in any case. But if the "new" paper from calcium carbonates and HDPE is then unfortunately you can not recycle it, except it is varietal. The HDPE is recycled in the floating-sink process and a HDPE with 80% CaCo3 has a density of about 1.3. So it sinks like all other plastics except PP (polypropylene). That's why it gets very difficult to recycle. I'll take a look at it. Thanks for the tip!
Thanks for the info! Yes it can be recycled, I do not know exactly the technical part of how the recycling process is done in the detail (I am currently reading the Blue economy 3.0 right now) but I has been done before. It is even a business model in some places in China. I will share more links on that subject.