UNIVERSIDAD

AUTÓNOMA DE

CHIRIQUÍPUBLIC RELATION SCHOOL

ENGLISH COURSE

2013

RECYCLING CARDBOARD

cardboard is a material consisting of several

layers of overlapping, based on virgin fiber

or recycled paper.

TARGET

Decreased volume

of waste.

Environmental

protection.

Curbing pollution

ADVANTAGES

Per ton of cardboard that is collected

and recycled saves landfill cubic two

meters, 140 liters of oil, 50,000 liters of

water and emission of 900 kilos of carbon

dioxide (CO2), one of the greenhouse

gases causing climate change.

DISADVENTAGES

the small amount paid per kilogram.

Lack of demand.

use of chemicals, because some of them

are pollutants.

CARDBOARD RECYCLING IN

PANAMA

Recycling processes

S.A

Panama recycling

co.

INTERNATIONAL CARDBOARD RECYCLING

Nova Terra Inc.

Recupac.