How is Paper Recycled?

Research answers to the questions listed below each Web site to explore an overview of the paper recycling process.

Site 1 - Paper Recycling Through History

1. Who were the first people to make paper and what was it made of?
2. How did Mathias Koops improve the technology for recycling?
3. What did rags have to do with early paper recycling efforts?

Site 2 - Steps in the Paper Recycling Process

1. What are the six major steps in recycling paper?
2. How does our current paper recycling technology accomplish what Mathias Koops patented back in the early 1800's?

Site 3 -The Process of Recycling Paper

1. Why does paper need to be sorted?
2. What is "stuff"?
3. Why can't paper be recycled over and over like aluminum cans and bottles?
4. How does recycling paper save energy?