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One way to address this is to increase product longevity; either by extending a product's first life or addressing issues of repair, reuse and recycling. [2] Reusing products, and therefore extending the use of that item beyond the point where it is discarded by its first user is preferable to recycling or disposal, [3] as this is the least energy intensive solution, although it is often ...
As of 2018, paper products are still the largest component of MSW generated in the United States, making up 23% by weight. [32] While paper is the most commonly recycled material (68.2 percent of paper waste was recovered in 2018, up from 33.5 percent in 1990) [31] [33] it is being used less overall than at the turn of the century. [34]
The first paper shredder is credited to inventor Abbot Augustus Low, whose patent was filed on February 2, 1909. [1] His invention was never manufactured because he died prematurely soon after filing the patent. [2] Adolf Ehinger's paper shredder, based on a hand-crank pasta maker, was the first to be
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Some examples of materials that are commonly shredded are: tires, metals, construction and demolition debris, wood, plastics, leathers, papers and garbage, such as commercial and mixed waste. The industrial shredder is commonly used to process materials into different sizes for separation or to reduce the cost of transport.
Paper recovery, instead of landfilling can reduce the global warming potential of paper products by 15 to 25%. [51] At pulp and paper mills in the U.S., the GHG emission rate expressed in tons of carbon dioxide equivalents per ton of production has been reduced by 55.8% since 1972, 23.1% since 2000, and 3.9% compared to 2010. [52]
The Silent 700 was the first thermal print system that printed on thermal paper. During the 1970s, Hewlett-Packard integrated thermal paper printers into the design of its HP 9800 series desktop computers, and integrated it into the top of the 2600-series CRT terminals as well as in plotters.
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