Question

How does the recycling of paper affect the allocation of land to forestry—is paper recycling likely to increase the amount of forestland or decrease it? Why?

Answer 1

Paper recycling helps protect trees. Trees are chopped down to make paper, so paper recycling helps to save trees. As recycling paper needs about 50 percent less water than the manufacture of fresh paper from trees, it also helps to save water supplies. Therefore, water conservation helps save forests and water and therefore helps to conserve natural resources.

Recycling is a very significant aspect of waste disposal and provides raw materials for paper processing. However, it is not feasible to entirely fulfil the need for raw materials through recycling alone. It's just one aspect of the deforestation solution. The demand for paper would not decrease anytime soon. The saving of more trees can only be improved by deliberately minimising paper use and paper production by either organisation or group.