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isn't sequestering carbon a good thing?

• XCSme 6y ago
  I think that's what he tried to say, if you recycle paper the carbon gets somehow released. But, in theory, the recycled paper will still come out as paper, thus carbon will still be there.
  • DenisM 6y ago
    > in theory, the recycled paper will still come out as paper, thus carbon will still be there. If paper never gets recycled it will continue accumulating in the landfill at a fast pace, so more carbon gets trapped over time. If paper gets recycled the amount of captured carbon will be that trapped in the paper currently circulating. Even if some paper gets eventually trashed, it will not be at the same rate. Recycling paper harms climate.
    • XCSme 6y ago
      But what about the trees cut down to make new paper? As more new paper is needed if less is recycled.
      • DenisM 6y ago
        That's the whole point of carbon sequestration: grow a tree, cut it down, bury it, grow a new tree in the same place.
        • XCSme 6y ago
          Assuming that new trees will indeed be planted.
• DenisM 6y ago
  Yes. And the more paper gets recycled the less carbon gets sequestered. Recycling paper is harmful.