CHANGING TREND-SAVE ENVIRONMENT-BE ECO FRIENDLY
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denying the fact that the forest cover of the whole world has drastically depleted over a period of time
owing to the human needs and activities. One contributing factor towards this
is the paper industry.
I’m putting forward some of the facts regarding
paper:
Worldwide more than 300 million metric tons of
paper and paperboard is produced every year.
Of the total global wood harvest for industrial
use. 42
per cent goes into paper making and it is expected to reach
50
per cent in the next fifty years.
In our country we have about 600 paper mills
producing different varieties of paper.
On an average each one of us uses 700 pounds of
paper products every year.
For the production of paper special kind of tree
plantations are made called as the managed timberlands.
The trend has no doubt
already been started but still the speed and spread is very slow. Some of the
steps that can be followed in this direction can be as follows:
1. All of us must opt for the e-bills rather
than the printed statements for our telephones, mobile phones, electricity and
water bills etc, most of the private companies have already started this and
the others should follow the same. The quality of the paper, which is used to
make these bills, imposes great environmental pollution.
2. Same thing can be followed for other
documents like the bank statements, credit card statements etc.
3. Only the legal documents should be used in
the printed form and all other forms of transactions of information should be
carried out through Internet.
4. Within an organisation, passing on the
information through email (eg outlook mail express) should be followed rather
than circulating printed notices every time.
5. Communication of all types should be preferably
done through e-mails.
6. Educational institutions and other such set
ups, which need to have the process of registration etc should start online
registration and admissions rather than the conventional 10 page (sometimes
even more) admission form in printed version. Even the prospectus and the
guidelines manuals should be made available on the Internet for the use of the
candidates.
7. The mode of examination should also be
changed as far as possible. The entrance exams and other qualifying tests should
be compulsorily be made online.
It takes only a second to waste a beautiful sheet of paper but
decades for a tree to grow
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