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		tomatotomato37 on April 2, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Restoring natural forests is the best way to remov... A lot of it is used to make paper which degrades relatively fast. That being said it's still renewable, fairly recycable, and provides packaging that actually degrades instead of clogging the ocean, so we don't really want to mess around with that side of the equation if we can help it

bobbane on April 3, 2019 [–]

A lot of paper in the US ends up in landfills. Paper in a landfill is sequestered carbon, since it basically does not decompose once it’s buried.

So, if you subscribe to a dead-tree newspaper, it might be better for the atmosphere to throw away the paper instead of recycling it.

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