1. So, you wish to stop or at least reduce the
activities responsible for pollution

2. Save Paper!
 Seems great idea! Isn’t it?
 But, how?

3. Don’t Use Tissue!
 Yes! Good idea. You decide that after a
heavy meal, you would stop using tissue
paper to wipe off your hands.
 Thank You for the same. I’ll also try my best
to follow the same.
 But…

4. Are You Using Soap?
 If you are going to use soap for cleaning your
hands, please think twice. The soap, after cleaning
your hands, goes to drain.
 This is going to contaminate the soil and the
groundwater. Remember, often the weight of soap
used for washing hands is nearly equal to the
weight of tissue.
 I am sure there is no Effluent Treatment Plant
(ETP) going to treat this water.

5. Ok. Use a Handkerchief.
 Well, seems a better option. Handkerchief
can be reused again and again after washing.
 The only problem is “What do you use for
washing?” Soap or detergent or something
else? Again with plenty of water.
 Environment wise, is it really different from
washing your hands with soap?

6. Tissue Paper! It’s Better.
 Please do suggest me some better options so
that I may stop using tissue after a delicious
meal.

7. Toilet Tissue
 Isn’t the situation same with toilet tissue?
For nearly 10-12gms of tissue, for the
production of same 100-200ml water would
have been used.
 In the conventional system, we use nearly
500-800ml water. Then, nearly 2-2.5gms of
soap along with nearly 500-800ml water is
required to wash our hands.

8. Toilet Tissue: Not so bad!
 Now, under this situation, decide yourself
whether using toilet tissue is so bad an idea?
 To me, it appears that toilet tissue is a more
environment friendly option.

9. O.K. Let us try something else.
 Stop reading newspaper.
 At least the printed version.
 A lot of paper can be saved.
 Wow!

10. Newspaper
 What are the alternatives?
 E-paper, T.V., Radio.
 But, if you are watching TV or listening to radio,
you cannot save important things easily.
 Internet is over-flooded with information and to
search something useful to me is a little difficult.

11. Example.
 My son is appearing in board examinations, and I
get every day a sample paper for him in my daily
newspaper.
 I tried to get the same from internet. But, there are
so many sample papers that I got confused which to
choose, which to download.
 My newspaper might not be giving the best sample
paper, but at least it can be trusted to be good.

12. Newspaper is economical too.
 I consider the cost of newspaper as the price
of newspaper less the price of waste paper
generated after reading newspaper.
 If I consider cost of internet connection (on
the proportional usage basis), cost of
electricity required to switch on computer,
cost of occasional printouts etc., newspaper
is still cheaper.

13. Reduce Printing of e-mails
 Well, this part is too common to be told to anyone.
 Unfortunately, I rarely take a printout.
 I have tried to spread this message, but was unable
to find a person who takes out printouts without
necessity.
 Do you know somebody who takes out printouts
unless really necessary?

14. So, you are using a piece of
paper!
 and still feeling guilty that trees are being cut
to make paper.
 You feel yourself responsible for
environmental damage.
 Read on….

15. How much paper do you use?
 In India, average specific paper consumption
is to the tune of 8-10kg per person per year.
 What is the consumption by other persons in
the world?

16. How much paper do others
use?
 Against India, the world average is around
30-35kg paper per person per year.
 In many developed countries, this figure is in
the tune of 400-500kg.

17. Why?
 Indians are very conservative by nature. You
would find even rich people here using back
side of envelopes for writing small points for
themselves.
 In India, we strongly believe that
 “Nothing Should be Wasted”

18. Paper from Tree only?
 Let us come back to the point.
 In India, do you know most of the paper is
made either from waste paper, or from
agricultural residues e.g. bagasse, rice straw
etc.?

19. New Paper Mills:
 Do you know that during past 10 years there
is hardly any paper production capacity
increase in India using wood as raw
material?

20. Paper from Wood?
 In INDIA wood is used only for less than 8-
10% of paper.
 That means for any paper you are using,
there are less than 10% chances that a tree
had to be cut to make this paper.

21. Captive Plantation
 Furthermore, most mills using wood as a raw
material have their own forests, and use captive
plantation for their needs.
 These mills grow desired number of trees that
would be required by them after say 8 or 10 years.
 This way, these mills cannot be called responsible
for tree cutting.

22. Some Calculations?
 If you use 10kg paper per year, you would
require around 600kg for the whole of your
life.
 One tree is more than sufficient for same
amount of paper.

23. One Tree = Paper for 20
 But, if you consider use of waste paper and
agricultural residues for paper making, and
also keep in mind about the captive
plantation, just one tree is enough to meet
your paper requirements for 20 life spans of
you.

24. Save Paper
 If you choose to use less paper, that would
be still better.
 But, is it not something like suggesting only
an diabetic person to stop eating chocolates
but ignoring when he is eating sweets?
 Is it not a time to ask other industries e.g.
furniture, to do some sacrifice?

25. SAVE PAPER, SAVE EARTH?
 On a rough estimate, we use at least 8-10
times wood for furniture than paper.
 Are we really ready for wood-free furniture
(e.g. steel furniture) or less-wood furniture?
 How many of us are really willing to even
think of steel doors and windows rather than
wooden one for our homes and offices?

26. What an IDEA Sirji?
 Mobile companies are showing that they are
the only real well-wishers of environment.
 But…
 Should it be done by blaming others?
 Should we not ask them why the birds are
disappearing from trees which are near
mobile towers?

27. NEED Vs. GREED
 Have you ever cared for environment while
ordering new furniture?
 The earth has sufficient for everybody’s
need.
 But, not for everybody’s GREED.
 Think! Are you becoming part of masses
who pretend to care for earth.

28. An Appeal
 Indian Paper Industry is using world class
technologies for paper manufacture as well
as for pollution abatement, and is concerned
about the environment.
 STOP blaming paper industry without any
valid reason.

29. If you agree with the contents of this presentation,
Please do forward this to
all your near and dear ones.
Thank You.
deveshksinghal@rediffmail.com