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Re:Landfill is underrated and recycling overrated by aeternus on Monday July 15, 2019 @04:14PM (#20444736)
Pretty much all paper manufacturers are now require to plant more trees than they cut down.

Burying old newspapers in the ground is a form of carbon sequestration. Really it comes down to what takes less energy: cutting down the trees, or the transport, sorting and reprocessing of old newspapers.

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Re:Landfill is underrated and recycling overrated by henrikschroder on Tuesday July 16, 2019 @02:07AM (#20447833)
Upthread someone quoted a study that showed recycling newspaper used 60% of the energy compared to cutting down trees and making pulp.

So like I said, it's a no-brainer to recycle newspapers.

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