Carpe-Vitam
Dear Mr. Issa Alhewetat,
Thank you very much for your kind attendance to the meeting at the
Grand Hyatt Hotel today. Mr. Peder Wallenberg has very happy to meet
you and your colleagues.
As you already know, unfortunately Mr. Wallenberg will have to travel
tomorrow and will not have the opportunity to attend the carefully
planned program to visit the Zarqa schools.
We hope however to receive a new chance during his next visit to Jordan .
Kind Regards,
Elisabeth E Wicksell P.A. to Peder Wallenberg
Dear Mr. Issa Alhewetat,
Thank you very much for your kind attendance to the meeting at the
Grand Hyatt Hotel today. Mr. Peder Wallenberg has very happy to meet
you and your colleagues.
As you already know, unfortunately Mr. Wallenberg will have to travel
tomorrow and will not have the opportunity to attend the carefully
planned program to visit the Zarqa schools.
We hope however to receive a new chance during his next visit to Jordan .
Kind Regards,
Elisabeth E Wicksell P.A. to Peder Wallenberg
Carpe Vitam / Open Mind
Stockholm Lemshaga Säteri S-134 61 Ingarö – Sweden
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Recycling Paper – Zarqa (REPZ)
Paper recycling information
The first who discovered paper (Cyperus papyrus ) as we know was ancient Egyptions A.D 4000 , after paper was produced from rags in AD 105 by Ts'ai Luin, who was part of the Eastern Han Court of the Chinese Emperor Ho Ti.
Paper is made from cellulose fibre, the source of which can be pulped wood, or a variety of other materials such as rags, cotton, grasses, sugar cane, straw, waste paper, or even elephant dung! In this country, wood pulp is the most common source material for the manufacture of virgin paper, i.e. paper which has no recycled content.
Why bother?
Although the raw material for making paper is predominantly trees, it is a common misconception that recycling waste paper saves trees
The nature of forests and where they are situated. As the demand for paper has increased, more timber has been needed to meet the demand for wood pulp.
By using waste paper to produce new paper disposal problems are reduced.
For every tones of paper used for recycling the savings are:
o at least 30000litres of water
o 3000 - 4000 KWh electricity (enough for an average 3 bedroom house for one year)
o 95% of air pollution.
Producing recycled paper involves between 28 - 70% less energy consumption than virgin paper and uses less water. This is because most of the energy used in papermaking is the pulping needed to turn wood into paper.
Recycled paper produces fewer polluting emissions to air (95% of air pollution) and water. Recycled paper is not usually re-bleached and where it is, oxygen rather than chlorine is usually used. This reduces the amount of dioxins which are released into the environment as a by-product of the chlorine bleaching processes.
Paper is a biodegradable material. This means that when it goes to landfill, as it rots, it produces methane, which is a potent greenhouse gas (20 times more potent than carbon dioxide). It is becoming increasingly accepted that global warming is a reality, and that methane and carbon dioxide emissions have to be reduced to lessen its effects. Please see our energy information sheet for more information on this.
About one fifth of the contents of household dustbins consist of paper and card, of which half is newspapers , books , copybooks and magazines. This is equivalent to over 4kg of waste paper per household every week.
Source: Analysis of household waste composition and factors driving waste increases - Dr. J. Parfitt, WRAP, December 2002
How's, what's and where's of recycling paper
What are the main types of paper in everyday use which can be recycled?
Office white paper
Newspapers, magazines, telephone directories and pamphlets
Cardboard
Mixed or coloured paper
Computer print out paper
School books and copybooks
What can I do to reduce the amount of paper being wasted?
* Try not to use as much in the first place! Use the back of sheets of paper as well as the front - look to see if that piece of paper you were going to put in the bin could be used as scrap paper for many uses eg to make a shopping list, to jot down your dental appointment or to leave a note for someone.
* Buy recycled paper products wherever possible.
* Reduce , Reuse, and recycle paper
* Reuse envelopes - sticky labels to cover the old address and re-seal the envelope are widely available, also made from recycled paper. Many charities sell them, so you can support them at the same time.
* Playgroups and schools may appreciate being given odd rolls of wallpaper, or any other kind of paper, for painting on or for other uses in the classroom. They are also often glad to receive newspapers to cover the tables for craft activities.
* When you buy a pint of milk or a soft drink, think about the container it is in.
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Recycling Paper – Zarqa (REPZ)
Paper recycling information
The first who discovered paper (Cyperus papyrus ) as we know was ancient Egyptions A.D 4000 , after paper was produced from rags in AD 105 by Ts'ai Luin, who was part of the Eastern Han Court of the Chinese Emperor Ho Ti.
Paper is made from cellulose fibre, the source of which can be pulped wood, or a variety of other materials such as rags, cotton, grasses, sugar cane, straw, waste paper, or even elephant dung! In this country, wood pulp is the most common source material for the manufacture of virgin paper, i.e. paper which has no recycled content.
Why bother?
Although the raw material for making paper is predominantly trees, it is a common misconception that recycling waste paper saves trees
The nature of forests and where they are situated. As the demand for paper has increased, more timber has been needed to meet the demand for wood pulp.
By using waste paper to produce new paper disposal problems are reduced.
For every tones of paper used for recycling the savings are:
o at least 30000litres of water
o 3000 - 4000 KWh electricity (enough for an average 3 bedroom house for one year)
o 95% of air pollution.
Producing recycled paper involves between 28 - 70% less energy consumption than virgin paper and uses less water. This is because most of the energy used in papermaking is the pulping needed to turn wood into paper.
Recycled paper produces fewer polluting emissions to air (95% of air pollution) and water. Recycled paper is not usually re-bleached and where it is, oxygen rather than chlorine is usually used. This reduces the amount of dioxins which are released into the environment as a by-product of the chlorine bleaching processes.
Paper is a biodegradable material. This means that when it goes to landfill, as it rots, it produces methane, which is a potent greenhouse gas (20 times more potent than carbon dioxide). It is becoming increasingly accepted that global warming is a reality, and that methane and carbon dioxide emissions have to be reduced to lessen its effects. Please see our energy information sheet for more information on this.
About one fifth of the contents of household dustbins consist of paper and card, of which half is newspapers , books , copybooks and magazines. This is equivalent to over 4kg of waste paper per household every week.
Source: Analysis of household waste composition and factors driving waste increases - Dr. J. Parfitt, WRAP, December 2002
How's, what's and where's of recycling paper
What are the main types of paper in everyday use which can be recycled?
Office white paper
Newspapers, magazines, telephone directories and pamphlets
Cardboard
Mixed or coloured paper
Computer print out paper
School books and copybooks
What can I do to reduce the amount of paper being wasted?
* Try not to use as much in the first place! Use the back of sheets of paper as well as the front - look to see if that piece of paper you were going to put in the bin could be used as scrap paper for many uses eg to make a shopping list, to jot down your dental appointment or to leave a note for someone.
* Buy recycled paper products wherever possible.
* Reduce , Reuse, and recycle paper
* Reuse envelopes - sticky labels to cover the old address and re-seal the envelope are widely available, also made from recycled paper. Many charities sell them, so you can support them at the same time.
* Playgroups and schools may appreciate being given odd rolls of wallpaper, or any other kind of paper, for painting on or for other uses in the classroom. They are also often glad to receive newspapers to cover the tables for craft activities.
* When you buy a pint of milk or a soft drink, think about the container it is in.
Is there an accessible recycling bank for the packaging, or might you end up throwing it away?
It would be better to choose the product in the container you know you can dispose of locally for recycling. or give waste paper you have got to a school student
Contact Zarqa Muncipaity
3982131
3982132
3982133
Fax 3982455
or Recycling paper - Zarqa coordinator
Mobile : 0777417805
Where can I take paper for recycling?
In 1999 the teacher Mr Issa Hamad Alhewetat at Zarqa of Jordan was assigned by his Excellency the minister of education as a coordinator of Zarqa Recycling paper (REPZ) ; who in cooperation with volunteers and some workers had to collect old books and copybooks , expired exam papers , waste paper files and trash paper from about 100 schools at Zarqa Governate schools. Every student could bring out whatever waste paper from his house to school , Recycling team should make round daily to Zarqa Schools to collect the sacks of waste paper , and deliver them to paper factories , for the purposes of clean up earth and supporting national industry.
What about milk and juice cartons made from paper? Can they be recycled?
Cartons are not made from paper alone but comprise of about 75% paper, 20% plastic (polyethylene) and 5% aluminium foil. As they are an amalgam of materials, they cannot be recycled along with ordinary paper. They can be reprocessed into other items or incinerated to produce energy, or landfilled.
In 1999 the teacher Mr Issa Hamad Alhewetat at Zarqa of Jordan was assigned by his Excellency the minister of education as a coordinator of Zarqa Recycling paper (REPZ) ; who in cooperation with volunteers and some workers had to collect old books and copybooks , expired exam papers , waste paper files and trash paper from about 100 schools at Zarqa Governate schools. Every student could bring out whatever waste paper from his house to school , Recycling team should make round daily to Zarqa Schools to collect the sacks of waste paper , and deliver them to paper factories , for the purposes of clean up earth and supporting national industry.
What about milk and juice cartons made from paper? Can they be recycled?
Cartons are not made from paper alone but comprise of about 75% paper, 20% plastic (polyethylene) and 5% aluminium foil. As they are an amalgam of materials, they cannot be recycled along with ordinary paper. They can be reprocessed into other items or incinerated to produce energy, or landfilled.
Why should I buy recycled paper products?
The future of recycling ultimately depends on there being a market for the materials collected. Recycling is not just collecting materials and taking them to the recycling bank, it is about "closing the loop" and buying recycled too. Paper mills cannot continue to produce recycled paper if people do not buy items made from it.
Where can I buy recycled paper products?
Most supermarkets and high street stationers now sell a range of recycled products, such as writing paper, notebooks, file paper, diaries with recycled paper content, calendars, paper tablecloths and napkins, tissues, toilet rolls, kitchen paper and other items
What about the ink on the paper collected? How is it removed?
Sometimes the ink is not removed from the paper when it is reprocessed. The ink is dispersed into the pulp, discolouring it slightly, which is why recycled paper can have a greyish tinge. If the paper is to be de-inked, this can be done in one of two ways, by washing or flotation.
Washing - As the paper is pulped, chemicals can be added which separate the ink from the paper and allow it to be washed away in the large amounts of water used. (The water can then be cleaned and re-used.)
Flotation - Air can be passed through the pulp, producing foam which will hold at least half of the ink and can be skimmed off.
Sometimes the pulp is also bleached; hydrogen peroxide and chlorine are commonly used bleaches, though the former is the more acceptable as it breaks down into water and oxygen on disposal. Chlorine can combine with organic matter under certain conditions to produce organo carbons, including dioxins, which are toxic pollutants.
Although the de-inking process uses water and chemicals, it is still less harmful to the environment than the manufacturing process of new paper.
If you are buying paper in bulk for an office or business, it is worth looking for a supplier who can tell you what the recycled fibre content is, and whether it has been bleached using chlorine, as this is best avoided.
Approximately 20% of waste paper is lost as ink or plastics or because fibres are too weak.
What the law says
At present there are no laws directly targeting paper recycling. Paper, as a biodegradable material, is covered by the landfill directive, so there are targets for municipal waste as a whole,
Sources of further information
http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/تارÙÅ
http://www.wasteonline.org.uk/resources/InformationSheets/paper.htm
Where can I buy recycled paper products?
Most supermarkets and high street stationers now sell a range of recycled products, such as writing paper, notebooks, file paper, diaries with recycled paper content, calendars, paper tablecloths and napkins, tissues, toilet rolls, kitchen paper and other items
What about the ink on the paper collected? How is it removed?
Sometimes the ink is not removed from the paper when it is reprocessed. The ink is dispersed into the pulp, discolouring it slightly, which is why recycled paper can have a greyish tinge. If the paper is to be de-inked, this can be done in one of two ways, by washing or flotation.
Washing - As the paper is pulped, chemicals can be added which separate the ink from the paper and allow it to be washed away in the large amounts of water used. (The water can then be cleaned and re-used.)
Flotation - Air can be passed through the pulp, producing foam which will hold at least half of the ink and can be skimmed off.
Sometimes the pulp is also bleached; hydrogen peroxide and chlorine are commonly used bleaches, though the former is the more acceptable as it breaks down into water and oxygen on disposal. Chlorine can combine with organic matter under certain conditions to produce organo carbons, including dioxins, which are toxic pollutants.
Although the de-inking process uses water and chemicals, it is still less harmful to the environment than the manufacturing process of new paper.
If you are buying paper in bulk for an office or business, it is worth looking for a supplier who can tell you what the recycled fibre content is, and whether it has been bleached using chlorine, as this is best avoided.
Approximately 20% of waste paper is lost as ink or plastics or because fibres are too weak.
What the law says
At present there are no laws directly targeting paper recycling. Paper, as a biodegradable material, is covered by the landfill directive, so there are targets for municipal waste as a whole,
Sources of further information
http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/تارÙÅ
http://www.wasteonline.org.uk/resources/InformationSheets/paper.htm
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