According to a January 2008 article in National Geographic magazine, the United States recycles approximately 50% of the paper that it produces. While this might sound like good news, we are faced with the challenge of somehow collecting the remaining 50%, and as you can imagine, the remaining 50% gets increasingly difficult to harness.
As the human population continues to increase, the world will be faced with significant challenges as it relates to the depletion of our natural resources. Whether it is petroleum products, fish in the sea, steel, copper or rain forests, they are all complicated issues that will affect all of us in the generations to come.
It is interesting to note that the one resource mentioned above that is ecologically sustainable – is the production of paper. In other words, through improved packaging designs, improved recycling efforts, and managed tree harvesting, etc. we could conceivably satisfy all of our paper fiber demands without further depletion of this natural resource.
The goal of Compass Paper Recycling is to play its part in closing the gap in making paper fiber more ecologically sustainable.Every participant in our program should feel the satisfaction in knowing that their decision and action to recycle on a local level does have a positive impact globally – especially since recycled paper fiber is a significant export for the United States.