Help the planet by sorting your waste!

Paper and cardboard waste comes in various forms, from newspapers to the toughest cardboard. Every year CERN dispatches about 200 tonnes of paper and cardboard to a recycling plant, but this is still too little when you take into consideration the tonnes of paper and cardboard that are still thrown out as part of ordinary rubbish or are incorrectly sorted into other rubbish skips.

Each office is equipped with a wastepaper bin, and a paper and cardboard container is available near every building. Cardboard boxes should be folded before they are placed in the containers in order to save space.

Please note:
Here are some sobering statistics:

- 2 to 3 tonnes of wood pulp are required to manufacture 1 tonne of paper.

- Each tonne of recycled paper means that we can save approximately 15 trees and substantial amounts of the water that is needed to extract cellulose (60 litres of water per kilo of paper).

- A production of 100% recycled paper represents a 90% saving in water.

- 5000 kWh of energy are needed to dry one tonne of paper compared with 2500 kWh for a tonne of recycled paper.

For information:
Recycled paper and cardboard fibres are called recycled cellulose fibres (RCF). They currently account for approximately half of the new paper and cardboard produced throughout the world!

If you need to dispose of large quantities of paper and cardboard, just call 77777 to request delivery of a 6.5 cubic metre skip with a cover.

Many thanks for your cooperation!

Help the planet by sorting your waste!

GS-IS Group