Fact

Recycling 1 Ton of paper saves :

• 17 mature trees
• 3 cubic yards of landfill space
• 2 barrels of oil; and
• 4,100 kw hours of electricity (enough to power a home for 5 months)
• 500,000 – number of trees cut down to produce each week’s Sunday newspapers
• 25,000,000 – number of trees saved a year IF every American recycled just 1/10 of their newspapers
• 75,000 – number of trees saved recycling a single run of the Sunday New York Times
• 250,000,000 – number of trees saved if all our newspaper was recycled
• The average American uses 7 trees a year
• 1 Billion – estimated number of trees worth of paper thrown away every year in the US
• 85,000,000 Tons - amount of paper Americans use per year
• 17 trees saved can absorb a total of 250 pound of carbon dioxide; burning 17 trees would create 1500 pounds of carbon dioxed
• More than 56% of paper consumed in the US in ’07 was recycled! That equals 360 pounds for each person in the Country!
• 400 paper mills use recovered materials for their paper producing process

This is just in America, not yet the other countries. Think about it and start doing your part !

Peace Out ♥