From: hawke@yabbs
To: alarm@yabbs
Subject: re: paper or plastic
Date: Thu Jul 28 03:18:28 1994

as far as energy is concerned it now takes less energy to make paper than 
styrofoam and plastic although a few years agoo it wasnt that way.  as far 
as pollution is concerned yes paper mills do cause some pollution but , 
with all of the new technology in preventiong pollution in the papermill 
industry it has been drastically cut down although it hasnt been 
eliminated.  compared to plastic and styraphoam mills paper mills cause a 
little bit more initial pollution but when you figure in that styraphoam 
stays around for about 200 years because it isnt bio degradable it makes 
me think that paper is alot less polluting .

hawke