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Pulp Non-Fiction: 

Pulp Non-Fiction

Why Don’t People Recycle?: 

Why Don’t People Recycle? Too much effort People don’t know how/ lack of information Believe system is inefficient, especially on campus Don’t realize impact of their waste CLUELESS

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Over 2500 sheets of paper collected!

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I speak for the trees! Let them grow, let them grow! - The Lorax Trees are different sizes- so let’s use cords of wood about nearly 90,000 sheets of bond-quality paper for cord of wood measuring 4 feet by 4 feet by 8 feet (infoplease.com)

Let’s Do The Math!: 

Let’s Do The Math! 8 labs on campus Each lab produces half a box of paper per week (2500 sheets per lab per week) Making four boxes of wasted paper for the entire campus each week 20,000 sheets each week

Bad News: 

Bad News 16% of post-consumer printing recovered while 73% ends up in municipal solid waste Mirrored on campus Technology not efficient yet- struggle to improve current recycling processes

There is Hope!: 

There is Hope! 40% less energy and less chlorine Over 51 million tons of paper are recovered and recycled As of 1999, 480 materials recovered facilities (MRFs) are up and running

The Hope Continues!: 

The Hope Continues! According to paperrecycles.org: In 2005, 78% of paper and paperboard mills used some recovered paper and 149 of those mills used only recovered paper 86% of Americans have access to curbside or drop-off paper recycling programs In 2005, the amount of paper recovered for recycling averaged 346 pounds for each man, woman, and child in the US Every ton of paper recycled saves more than 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space More than 36% of the fiber used to make new paper products in the US comes from recycled sources

What’s So Great About Recycling Paper?: 

What’s So Great About Recycling Paper? Saves mature trees Uses less energy and water than virgin paper sources Produces less CO2 Uses more benign chemicals (or none at all!) Doesn’t need as much bleach Sludge usually tests non-toxic Toxic sludge can be disposed of safely

VH1 Behind the Music: Pulp Non-Fiction: 

VH1 Behind the Music: Pulp Non-Fiction Distraught about paper waste Decided to build a tree out of non-recycled campus paper in the CC lobby Settled on sweet PowerPoint with multimedia additions and “still frame video” Made flyers for all computer labs, kindly threatening people to recycle Will give our presentation to the ES club and the Comm.Art. 190 Video Activism class; created a Facebook event to reduce and reuse print jobs today (4-23-07) …(and our wonderful instructors, should they so desire)

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Location, Location, Location!

Recycling Paper… Into a Tree: 

Recycling Paper… Into a Tree

Build From the Bottom Up: 

Build From the Bottom Up

“This looks like the beginning of a beautiful relationship.”- Rick Blaine from Casablanca: 

“This looks like the beginning of a beautiful relationship.”- Rick Blaine from Casablanca

You touch the tree and Judit will recycle YOU!: 

You touch the tree and Judit will recycle YOU!

With a Little Leaf and Some Tenderness…: 

With a Little Leaf and Some Tenderness…

…And a lot of RAGE!: 

…And a lot of RAGE!

…A tree was born!: 

…A tree was born!

Opposition was met; its name was the Tree Destroyer: 

Opposition was met; its name was the Tree Destroyer

The Tree Destroyer likes to waste paper: 

The Tree Destroyer likes to waste paper

“But trees give life. They make the clouds, the water, the air.”-Crysta, Fern Gully : 

“But trees give life. They make the clouds, the water, the air.”-Crysta, Fern Gully

“Help It Grow.”-Magi, Fern Gully: 

“Help It Grow.” -Magi, Fern Gully

Our Masterpiece: 

Our Masterpiece

HARRY FREAKIN’ POTTER: 

HARRY FREAKIN’ POTTER

Tree Huggers Unite!: 

Tree Huggers Unite! Thanks to: trees, Lisa Alexander, Judit Borsay, Juanita Campbell, Molly Findley

Works Cited : 

Works Cited Environment.about.com/od/recycling/a/harry_potter.htm Infoplease.com www.superdog.com/petloss/bridge.htm palimpsest.Stanford.edu/byorg/abbey/ap/ap04/ap04-4/ap04-406.html www.paperrecycles.org wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_recycling Google Images