Encouraging paper recycling is a “crucial” step in the protection of biodiveristy, a study has declared.
Two Turkish academics reported that reprocessing waste paper was critical to the health of protected forests.
Mustafa Çiçekler and Ahmet Tutus from Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University published a paper on the subject.
Titled Biodiversity and the paper industry: forest management and nature conservation, the study warned that demand for timber posed “a direct threat” to fragile ecosystems.
“A crucial strategy to reduce the environmental impact of the paper industry is recycling,” added the report.
“Paper recycling makes a substantial contribution to conserving forest ecosystems by minimising the use of raw materials obtained from nature.”
Development of effective policies and guidelines for biodiversity conservation within the paper industry is “inevitable” said the academics.
“Policies may incorporate incentives aimed at increasing paper-recycling rates within the paper industry.”
