Sustainability is the trend today and will continue to be so in the many years to come. It is a major thing which is making the industries around the world go crazy. As if not opted, it is making them fall in the bad limelight in front of the customers.
This is ultimately leading to losing of loyal customer base as well. Therefore, it has become necessary that the companies go for sustainability at least for growing their customer base and as well grow their business.
There are many ways through which companies can opt for sustainability. But the most commonly followed in the Paper Industry is 3R’s.
The 3R’s in the paper industry is the sure shot way for being sustainable and saving the company name from major shame in the market.
But what is the 3R’s? And what are the rewards of opting it today in the sustainable world we are living in?
The 3R’s in the paper industry are Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
Reduce here means lessening the usage paper in our day-to-day life,
Reuse as the name suggests is reutilizing the existing product,
And finally the Recycle means remaking the paper yet again.
This is just not a static process. It is continuous process followed in the paper industry and one can even implement all these at their personal level as well.
The rewards of opting it today in the sustainable world we are living in are:
- Saves Energy:
After cutting down trees and making it a final product i.e. paper requires undergoing a lot of process. It requires extraction and processing of raw materials for which extreme energy is needed.
Therefore, if one opts for 3R’s in the paper industry a lot of energy can be saved and in turn it’ll be helpful for other uses.
- Reduces Pollution:
Cutting down trees causes an increase in air pollution. Solid waste materials which end up in landfills also cause air pollution in the form of methane gas emissions. So, recycling more waste decreases the amount of methane which escapes into the air. It even reduces the production of virgin resources whose process adds to pollution.
Therefore, 3R’s in the paper industry even helps in reducing pollution to a great extent. Less pollution would mean good health of people in matters of respiratory diseases.
- Saves Money:
Yes, one can actually save lots of money through this process. The making of paper involves extraction and processing of raw materials and multiple manufacturing equipments. So, if one just opts 3R’s in the paper industry a lot of money can be saved.
When rewards of opting it today in the sustainable world are many, why go for the other options, non-sustainable ways?
- Helps Sustains the Environment:
Do you want your children (future) to live in the world which lacks basic things? Do you want them to just learn about the various things and look for process in the Internet only? Don’t you want them to see the practical process?
Yes, you want right. Hence, by choosing 3R’s you are sustaining, saving the environment for yourself and as well as the future generation. The best gift the present generation can gift the next generation is their belongings, a clean and beautiful environment.
- Reduces GHG:
Now, you must be wondering what is GHG? GHG means Green House Gases. By picking on 3R’s, one can actually reduce the amount of Global Warming happening because of GHG in the air.
But How? Paper recycling avoids methane emissions from landfills, saves a lot of trees, and needs less of energy.
Therefore, these all help in reducing GHG in to the air which helps in the global climate change.
