Paper

How to recycle paper?

Do you want to Recycle the old collection of paper available at your home? There are numerous ways to achieve that. You will need some stuffs to help you in order to recycle it. Out of many creative ideas to recycle the paper, here are few ideas listed below;

1. Composting

Simply tearing the waste paper into pieces and placing it in the compost near the plants will help the soil to be more moisture and add some nutrients to the plants. The waste paper available at your home can be a strong ingredient to the compost.

2. Package Material

If you don’t have much idea to recycle the waste paper, you can dump them into the package or a gift to hold the stuffs tighter. When you shift your house, these waste papers can be used to bulk the boxes. While sending some delicate stuffs, you can use these papers for wrapping.

3. Printable Paper

It would give you great satisfaction when you recycle your old used waste papers into a fresh writable or printable paper for next cycle of usage. This involves little intense process but this would be the finest concept for waste paper recycling. We try to expose the entire process in simple steps which you can try at your home.

You need following things to achieve this;

1. Wooden picture frame after removing its glass
2. Mesh according to size to cover the frame

• Big bowl little bigger than the frame’s dimensions

1. Regular sponge to dry the water
2. Towel
3. Sticky Tape roll

Once the above things are ready, you can start recycling the paper in simple steps.

• Shred the waste paper and diluting the paper for few minutes
• Place the mesh in the frame and stick the tape in the edges to make a screen. Ensure that the pulp would stay into the screen between the frame wall.
• Bring out wet shredded paper and blend it with warm water till the pulp gets smooth.
• Shift the blended pulp in the bowl
• Submerging the frame into the bowl and bring it out of the bowl.
• Lay the towel on the table and put the frame to rest on the towel.
• We can do any decorations on the paper before it gets tough and dry.
• Now take the sponge and press on the frame in order to remove existing water
• If you have dryer, you can dry the paper immediately. Otherwise, the frame should be kept for drying throughout the day.
• Finally, peel off the sheet to write or print.

Where to buy recycled paper?

You can buy recycled paper in various places and also in online. At Pepaa, you can buy the best quality recycled paper at affordable cost. There is not much difference in the selling price when compared to the virgin papers. Normally the recycled paper would be at only 90 percent of the brightness level than a normal paper.

How much is recycled paper worth?

Recycled paper has more value than virgin paper as the recycled pulp is more expensive for paper mills. Prices slightly high but the recycled paper provides the great feel and look. At modern homes, you can see lot of portraits printed on the recycled paper to give innovative look.

How much does recycle paper cost?

It varies from each seller. At Pepaa, you can get a bundle of 500 recycled A4 copier paper for $4. But if you are a bulk buyer, you can get up to 45% discount. Recycled paper prices will decrease in this decade further.