Paper Wastage Facts

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Paper is still convenient, but that convenience comes with a lot of environmental effects. Paper accounts for about 26% of total waste at landfills, it causes deforestation, air pollution, and waste problems.

Recycling

You can save 17 trees if you recycle one ton of paper

Recycling paper facts show that recycling a ton of paper saves 17 trees, 7,000 gallons of water, three cubic yards of landfill space, 60 pounds of air pollutants, and saves enough energy to power an average home for six months.

Recycling

Only half the amount of paper produced is recycled

Only about 200 million metric tons of paper produced each year is recycled. This is about half the amount of the total amount of paper produced.

Recycling

Paper wastage accounts for 16% of landfill solid waste

Paper waste statistics show that paper waste makes up 16% of landfill solid waste (26 million metric tons).

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Paper production is the third most energy-intensive process

Making a ton of paper from wood requires 98 000 kilograms of other resources. This makes paper production the third most energy-intensive of all manufacturing industries.

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Recycling a piece of paper only causes 5% of the pollution

Paper pollution facts reveal that only 5% of pollution is caused when recycling a piece of paper and saves about 50% of the amount of energy that is needed to create a new paper.

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500,000 trees are required to produce each week’s Sunday newspapers

To produce each week’s Sunday newspapers, 500,000 trees must be cut down. If we were to recycle all our newspaper about 250,000,000 trees could be saved each year!

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