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Newspapers: The Sustainable ResourceNewspapers are fast becoming one of Australia’s most sustainable products. Not only are newspapers made almost entirely from waste products, but they are also 100% recyclable and reusable.
Newspapers can also be recycled over and over again into new newsprint, with the addition of wood pulp to strengthen the fibres. The wood used to make the pulp comes from thinnings that are culled from plantations to make room for the growth of quality sawlogs. This is an essential part of plantation management. When the forests are harvested to produce saw logs for construction and housing timber, the residue - which would otherwise be left to rot - goes to the newsprint manufacturer. Saw mill offcuts from making timber sawlogs also go into making newsprint and other paper. The pine plantations involved are sustainably managed and regrown especially for the manufacture of sawn timber and paper products.
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People commonly reuse old newspapers around the home for such uses as
packaging, lighting fires, cleaning windows, lining bird cages, mopping
up spills, garden mulching, and composting.
