The average American uses seven trees a year in paper,
 wood, and other products made from trees.

The average office worker in the U.S. uses 10,000 sheets of copy paper each year.
That’s 4 million tons of copy paper used annually.

Office workers in the U.S. generate approximately 2 pounds
 of waste paper and paperboard products every day.

      In 2008, the amount of paper recovered for recycling 
    averaged 340 pounds for every person in the U.S.
 
Currently we have a record-high 57.4 percent of the paper
consumed in the U.S. recovered for recycling.

More than 37 percent of the fiber used to make new paper products
in the United States comes from recycled sources.

The construction costs of a paper mill designed to use waste paper
is 50 to 80% less than the cost of a mill using new pulp. 

Every ton of paper recycled saves more than
3.3 cubic yards of landfill space.

    Seventeen trees can absorb a total of 250 pounds
of carbon dioxide from the air each year.

Burning that same of paper would create
1500 pounds of carbon dioxide.

The amount of wood and paper we throw away each year
 is enough to heat 50,000,000 homes for 20 years.

  

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