How to Make Journals out of Recycled Paper

Making journals out of recycled paper is an easy way to conserve the amount of paper used, and it also prevents paper that is still usable from being thrown away.  All you need is a stack of papers that have one side blank.  Staple the end of the papers on one side (three staples works the best) and that is it!  You can decorate the front by pasting a magazine page on top, drawing, or putting whatever you like on the front.

Here are some startling facts about paper waste in our country:

1. It takes 390 gallons of oil to produce a ton of paper

2. Public landfill is approximately 36% waste paper products

3. Each person in an office uses around 2.5 pounds of paper each week

4. Four million tons of office paper is discarded every year, which is enough paper to build a 12 foot high wall of paper from New York to California.

Once paper is no longer of use, you should recycle the paper.  Recycling paper helps control waste disposal problems--for every ton of paper recovered from recycling, about 3 cubic yards of landfill space are saved.  A paper can be recycled up to seven times before the paper-making fibers become to short to be recycled again.

Save all your old paper and make journals for school, work... just about anything!