Bizkaiko Foru Aldundia - Diputación Foral de Bizkaia

What do I achieve by recycling paper?

• I facilitate 85% of the water required for their manufacture
• I contribute to a reduction in energy consumption.
• With the energy saved by recycling a tonne of paper, a 100 W light bulb could be kept on all day for three years!
• I avoid the unnecessary feeling of trees.
• I reduce the volume of waste products. 
• I lessen atmospheric contamination and water contamination.

How are paper and cardboard recycled?

• These are collected in blue recycling bins and taken to a specialised plant where they are classified and cleaned.
• Afterwards, they are cut up into pieces and bundled in order to transport these to the paper manufacturer where they will be used to make new paper.