BioQuest
A PEER sustainability presentation
Emily and Jonelle
What do we know?
Trees cover 46% of Wisconsin’s land
Mature forests are less than 125 years old due to deforestation
practices in the area
1995 ban implemented on certain items into land fills (newspapers,
magazines, office paper)
Land division implementation (private land,
private industry)
Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine
So….we’d like to know
Q: How would recycling affect the sustainability of the Life
Cycle Analysis (LCA)?
Raw material
extraction
Disposal/fate
Transport
Recycling
Material
processing
Secondary
production
Primary
production
For example, for Time magazine…
Estimates show that for the 37,477 tons of Time magazine produced
annually, 11, 746 tons of that is recycled.
So…what’s next?
Alternatives to deforestation:
Use of hemp – Illegal
Kenaf - difficulty/cost for conversion of current mills for production
Questions? Comments?
Thank you for your attention