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What does recycling paper do with the carbon stored in its fibers?

Keeps it locked up longer.

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  1. Keeps it locked up longer ✔
  2. Releases it all at once
  3. Turns it into water

Why: Paper fiber contains carbon from the tree, and recycling keeps that carbon locked up and out of the atmosphere.

Huh, didn't know that: Paper fiber contains carbon from the tree, and recycling keeps that carbon locked up and out of the atmosphere.

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Answer: Keeps it locked up longer. Paper fiber contains carbon from the tree, and recycling keeps that carbon locked up and out of the atmosphere.

  1. Paper recycling en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_recycling
    recycling keeps the carbon locked up for longer and out of the atmosphere
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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