{"id":791,"date":"2017-08-22T08:52:11","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T13:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/home.lps.org\/recycling\/?p=791"},"modified":"2024-03-14T09:47:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:47:52","slug":"laminating-paper-reducing-or-creating-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/sustainability\/2017\/08\/22\/laminating-paper-reducing-or-creating-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"Laminating paper: reducing or creating waste?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"791\" class=\"elementor elementor-791 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-48f7acf3 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"48f7acf3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23006de2\" data-id=\"23006de2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab39829 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ab39829\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Laminating paper: reducing or creating waste?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cb82647 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cb82647\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"793\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/sustainability\/2017\/08\/22\/laminating-paper-reducing-or-creating-waste\/tcc-easy-1-laminating-machine\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/home.lps.org\/sustainability\/files\/2017\/08\/TCC-Easy-1-Laminating-Machine.jpg?fit=682%2C239&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"682,239\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TCC-Easy-1-Laminating-Machine\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/home.lps.org\/sustainability\/files\/2017\/08\/TCC-Easy-1-Laminating-Machine.jpg?fit=300%2C105&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/home.lps.org\/sustainability\/files\/2017\/08\/TCC-Easy-1-Laminating-Machine.jpg?fit=682%2C239&amp;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-793 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/home.lps.org\/recycling\/files\/2017\/08\/TCC-Easy-1-Laminating-Machine.jpg?resize=682%2C239\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/home.lps.org\/sustainability\/files\/2017\/08\/TCC-Easy-1-Laminating-Machine.jpg?w=682&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/home.lps.org\/sustainability\/files\/2017\/08\/TCC-Easy-1-Laminating-Machine.jpg?resize=300%2C105&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/>At the beginning of the school year our staff members often receive new resources to share in their classrooms, and there is tons of information to share throughout the building. If we want a poster or flyer to have some durability, we just turn to our handy-dandy lamination machine! But is that really the best choice? Once we laminate paper, we take away the option to recycle that material, and it will be sent to the landfill. On the reverse side, an unlaminated poster may be easily ruined and require more resources to be reprinted multiple times. Lamination could have preserved that poster for a decade, or more. So how do we know which choice is best? Here are some questions to ask yourself:<\/p><ol><li>How quickly will the information become outdated? A month? A year? 5 years?<\/li><li>Are there specific numbers or dates on the posters that will no longer be relevant?<\/li><li>Will the information be posted somewhere out of reach of people passing by?<\/li><\/ol><p>Thinking through these questions will help you decide if lamination is the way to go. Another option is to avoid lamination, but still protect your paper, by displaying it in a reusable plastic sleeve.<\/p><p>So, next time you have something to hang up in your classroom, hallways, or office, please consider the environment as you choose whether or not to laminate that particular information.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the beginning of the school year our staff members often receive new resources to share in their classrooms, and there is tons of information to share throughout the building. If we want a poster or flyer to have some durability, we just turn to our handy-dandy lamination machine! 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