POST NO. 4

-POSTERS FOR THOUGHT-
hi! we have a task for all of you!! please help us to print out some of our posters and distribute them around your community, spread the word! save paper!! :D

poster no. 1

POST NO. 3

-HOMEMADE RECYCLED PAPER-

Difficulty: Average
Time Required: 1-2 hours

Here's How:
1. Tear It Up: Take your magazine and/or newspaper pages and tear them into small pieces. One-inch squares is good, but the smaller the pieces the better.

2. Blending, Blending, Blending: Add your paper pieces to the blender until it is about half full of torn paper. Fill the blender about ¾ full with warm water. Run the blender for about 45 seconds. You’ll want to run it slowly at first then faster until the pulp looks smooth and well blended.

3. Make Your Mold: Your homemade mold will be made from the window screen and old picture frame. To do this, stretch the window screen over the picture frame and staple or tack it down securely. The screen should be as tight as possible.

4. Mix It Up: Fill your plastic tub with water until it is about half full. Add 3 blender loads of pulp and stir it into the water.

5. Submerge Your Mold: Dip your window screen and picture frame mold into the pulp and then level it out while it is submerged. Carefully wiggle it side-to-side until the pulp on top of the screen looks even.

6. Wet Paper: Slowly lift the mold out of the water. Wait until the mold and pulp is dripping very little before moving on to the next step.
(Note: If the paper seems too thick, remove some pulp from the tub. If it seems too thin, add more pulp and stir the mixture again.)

7. Squeeze Extra Water Out: When the mold stops dripping, hold the mold with one hand and cover the wet pulp completely with a felt or flannel square.
Flip the felt, pulp and mold over so that the felt is on bottom and the mold is on top. Use a sponge to press out as much water from the pulp as possible. Wring the excess water from the sponge back into the large plastic tub.

8. Flat Pulp: Hold the felt square flat and slowly lift the edge of the mold. The wet sheet of paper should stay on the felt. If it sticks to the mold, you may have pulled to fast or not pressed out enough water.
(Note: This step is a little tricky and can take some practice to perfect.)

9. Repeat: Repeat the steps above until your pulp runs out. Stack the fabric squares on a cookie sheet so that you’ll have a pattern like this: felt, paper, felt paper, felt, paper.
Make sure you have one felt square to cover the last piece of paper. Press out any remaining water using another cookie sheet.

10. Finish Up: After you press the excess water out, separate the sheets of paper carefully. Lay each piece (still stuck to the felt) on sheets of newspaper. Wait for them to dry and peel off the felt.

Congratulations! You’ve recycled your very first batch of paper!

Tips:
1. When blending your paper into pulp, if there are still paper flakes after 45 seconds, blend your mixture a little longer.
2. If you are looking to make your paper thicker or thinner, use more or less than 3 blender loads of pulp in your tub of water.
3. It's probably a good idea to squeeze out the last bit of water in the kitchen sink or bath tub because otherwise it could make a very big mess.
4. After you've gotten the hang of this recycling project, try it again using different kinds of paper. See what kinds of paper you can make if you tear up tissue paper, egg cartons, old cards or even colored construction paper.
What You Need:
Old Newspaper or Magazine Pages
Sponge
Window Screening
Old Wood Picture Frame
Plastic Tub
Blender
Felt
Staples or Tacks

http://greenliving.about.com/od/greenfamily/ht/RecyclePaper.htm

try it!! it's all good fun :D

POST NO. 2

-FOR YOUR INFORMATION-
This post is full of facts about recycling paper
feel free to click on the following links (:

Recycling Conserves Resources
While the energy and global warming implications of recycling are much more compelling, resource conversation is still an excellent benefit.
Paper and Cardboard require trees. While trees are a renewable resource, they are super useful for things like taking CO2 out of the air and providing us with oxygen to breath. We should try to keep as many of them around as possible.
(it also beautifies the place!! Singapore wouldn’t be a garden city without trees now would it?)

http://www.bravenewleaf.com/environment/2007/11/why-should-we-r.html

Conservation
All man-made products incorporate raw materials to create the finished product. This involves harvesting the earth's natural resources (e.g. wood, metal) in order to acquire the raw materials.
Deforestation is a prime example of how harvesting natural resources is harming the environment. This could be reduced if we recycle more paper and old wooden products.

Energy Saving
Recycling reduces the amount of energy needed to create a new, similar product. If we didn't recycle paper, more trees would have to be chopped down, transported, and manufactured into the finished product.
This reason why you should recycle is a very important one, as energy conservation is one of the key ingredients for the fight against climate change.
Any reduction in CO2 or other harmful gases is not only a key ingredient for the fight against climate change, but a key ingredient for cleaning the air we breathe.
If we can reduce pollution levels from the manufacturing industry by a significant level, this could have a positive impact on our health.

Landfill Reduction
The more we recycle, the more we can help to reduce the burden on local and national landfill sites. As population levels increase, we will need to find more landfill sites, which will harm the surrounding environment and wildlife.
This is another important reason why we should recycle more, in order to reduce the impact landfills have on the surrounding environment.

http://www.clean-energy-ideas.com/recycle/reasons_why_i_should_recycle.html

remember, action is better than words, so do your part and recycle all you can!

POST NO. 1

Hello!! welcome to a very educational blog that will change your life forever!
This blog is dedicated and was created to educate people on paper wastage!
yes, we have noticed in school that tons and tons of paper is wasted everyday and that many people do not realize that we can actually DO SOMETHING to stop the increasing amount of trees being cut down by humans.
Think of the trees, think of us, think of future generations! okay, so

-PAPER WASTAGE 101-

Paper wastage has a direct impact on the environment
For every tonne of paper recycled, 3000 liters of water is saved!
- and all of us know that we need water to survive, bathe in, wash stuff and etc!
Paper is biodegradable, however it is harmful to the environment
- when paper decomposes, a deadly gas called methane is produced this gas is just as harmful to the environment as carbon dioxide.
Producing anything requires a lot of energy.
1. You have to obtain and process the raw materials
3. Transport it somewhere to turn it into a consumable good
4. Transport it to stores world wide.
paper is no different, think about it, a lot of effort and energy was used to produce our precious paper, so of course we should make full use of it and not waste it

All these things need a lot of energy and paper is hard enough to process, so we should use it wisely!!
DO WE REALLY HAVE TO SAY ANYMORE?