<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Why you shouldn’t recycle that bright-orange paper]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Cacaoatl http://www.grist.org/article/beater-dyes-kill-paper-recycling/ Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:24:28 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/beater-dyes-kill-paper-recycling/1 What's this right kind nonsense? We're talking about paper here, not plastic where different kinds of plastic have different chemical reactions.  Is there some rule that paper has to be white? Why not mix all those brightly colored papers together? So what if it comes out some weird color from all the different dyes? I don't know about anyone else but it would be great for arts and crafts such as papier mache which is going to get painted over anyway. It could even marketed as such. There's a huge market out there for craft paper.

]]> What's this right kind nonsense? We're talking about paper here, not plastic where different kinds of plastic have different chemical reactions.  Is there some rule that paper has to be white? Why not mix all those brightly colored papers together? So what if it comes out some weird color from all the different dyes? I don't know about anyone else but it would be great for arts and crafts such as papier mache which is going to get painted over anyway. It could even marketed as such. There's a huge market out there for craft paper.

]]> Comment #2 by Cacaoatl http://www.grist.org/article/beater-dyes-kill-paper-recycling/ Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:34:56 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/beater-dyes-kill-paper-recycling/2 Really, is there some rule that computer printing paper or paper cup paper has to be gleaming white? Why must paper be white? Why can't we just accept weird colors of paper? It's that American hang up on consistency, isn't it?

]]> Really, is there some rule that computer printing paper or paper cup paper has to be gleaming white? Why must paper be white? Why can't we just accept weird colors of paper? It's that American hang up on consistency, isn't it?

]]> Comment #3 by Erik Hoffner http://www.grist.org/article/beater-dyes-kill-paper-recycling/ Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:14:03 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/beater-dyes-kill-paper-recycling/3 Cacaoatl - dunno, but I can tell you that there's no mass market for pinkish grey copy paper, at least not yet. Would be hard on the eyes.

Certainly in a post petro collapse world where people make their own paper in a solar powered blender, whatever color it was would just have to do...

]]> Cacaoatl - dunno, but I can tell you that there's no mass market for pinkish grey copy paper, at least not yet. Would be hard on the eyes.

Certainly in a post petro collapse world where people make their own paper in a solar powered blender, whatever color it was would just have to do...

]]> Comment #4 by Cacaoatl http://www.grist.org/article/beater-dyes-kill-paper-recycling/ Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:24:44 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/beater-dyes-kill-paper-recycling/4 There would be a huge market for blue-grey copy paper. I used to tutor school children and college students. There are a lot of dyslexics out there, a surprising number actually.  And printing homework assignments on other than white paper is actually an accomodation for dyslexia. For some reason dyslexics have a hard time reading things printed on white (something to do with the white light reflecting into the eyes) but they do fine with blue, grey, and blue-grey.  I wouldn't want pink-grey paper either but I don't need white.

]]> There would be a huge market for blue-grey copy paper. I used to tutor school children and college students. There are a lot of dyslexics out there, a surprising number actually.  And printing homework assignments on other than white paper is actually an accomodation for dyslexia. For some reason dyslexics have a hard time reading things printed on white (something to do with the white light reflecting into the eyes) but they do fine with blue, grey, and blue-grey.  I wouldn't want pink-grey paper either but I don't need white.

]]> Comment #5 by masscommteach http://www.grist.org/article/beater-dyes-kill-paper-recycling/ Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:22:03 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/beater-dyes-kill-paper-recycling/5 We are being a bit narrow-minded in our definition of "recycle."

In Nebraska, one of the biggest recyclers of paper is a company called Greenfiber, which makes blow-in insulation out of recycled paper, cardboard, and paper board. Greenfiber doesn't care what color of paper they receive. They will even take glossy magazines and paper-back books!

For us they are local (which cuts-down on transportation waste) and even pay a small kick-back (based on tonage) to businesses and organizations that will host a recycling dumpster. Above all, they are creating a green building product (and jobs) in a region where the biggest green idea is turning perfectly good grain into ethanol to fuel their huge gas-gulping pickups.

]]> We are being a bit narrow-minded in our definition of "recycle."

In Nebraska, one of the biggest recyclers of paper is a company called Greenfiber, which makes blow-in insulation out of recycled paper, cardboard, and paper board. Greenfiber doesn't care what color of paper they receive. They will even take glossy magazines and paper-back books!

For us they are local (which cuts-down on transportation waste) and even pay a small kick-back (based on tonage) to businesses and organizations that will host a recycling dumpster. Above all, they are creating a green building product (and jobs) in a region where the biggest green idea is turning perfectly good grain into ethanol to fuel their huge gas-gulping pickups.

]]> Comment #6 by Erik Hoffner http://www.grist.org/article/beater-dyes-kill-paper-recycling/ Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:00:37 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/beater-dyes-kill-paper-recycling/6 True, there are 'low grade' recycling programs out there, but not every community has an outlet like Greenfiber. This post is more general in terms of what recycling looks like in most places. Generally speaking, astrobright paper will be sorted out of folks' paper recycling and sent to a landfill.

]]> True, there are 'low grade' recycling programs out there, but not every community has an outlet like Greenfiber. This post is more general in terms of what recycling looks like in most places. Generally speaking, astrobright paper will be sorted out of folks' paper recycling and sent to a landfill.

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