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Recycling Paper

Recycling Paper

Submitted by Earth Factiods on Wed, 06/24/2009 - 03:45

To produce each week's Sunday newspapers, 500,000 trees must be cut down.

Recycling Paper

Submitted by Earth Factiods on Wed, 06/24/2009 - 03:44

Recycling a single run of the Sunday New York Times would save 75,000 trees. If all our newspaper was recycled, we could save about 250,000,000 trees each year!

Recycling Paper

Submitted by Earth Factiods on Wed, 06/24/2009 - 03:41

Americans use 85,000,000 tons of paper a year; about 680 pounds per person. The average household throws away 13,000 separate pieces of paper each year. Most is packaging and junk mail.

Recycling Paper

Submitted by Earth Factiods on Wed, 06/24/2009 - 03:40

In 1993, U.S. paper recovery saved more than 90,000,000 cubic yards of landfill space.

Recycling Paper

Submitted by Earth Factiods on Wed, 06/24/2009 - 03:39

Each ton (2000 pounds) of recycled paper can save 17 trees, 380 gallons of oil, three cubic yards of landfill space, 4000 kilowatts of energy, and 7000 gallons of water. This represents a 64% energy savings, a 58% water savings, and 60 pounds less of air pollution!