Quick Facts

As we speak, more than 199 tons of paper has already been produced.
324 liters of water is used to make 1 kilogram of paper.
10 liters of water is needed to make one piece of A4 paper.
93% of paper comes from trees.
50% of the waste of businesses is composed of paper.
To print a Sunday edition of the New York Times requires 75,000 trees!
Recycling 1 ton of paper saves around 682.5 gallons of oil, 26,500 liters of water and 17 trees.
Packaging makes up 1/3 or more of our trash.
U.S offices use 12.1 trillion sheets of paper a year.
Paper accounts for 25% of landfill waste and 33% of municipal waste.
With all the paper we waste each year, we can build a 12 foot high wall of paper from New York to California!
Lessening of paper usage was predicted due to the electronic revolution. It didn’t happen. Demand for paper is expected to double before 2030.
Every tree produces enough oxygen for 3 people to breathe.
When paper rots, it emits methane gas which is 25 times more toxic than CO2.
Pulp and paper is the 3^rd largest industrial polluter of air, water and soil. Chlorine-based bleaches are used during production which results in toxic materials being released into our water, air and soil.

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