Recycling Helps the Environment

Some Interesting Facts:

Paper waste comprises 40% of our municipal solid waste stream.
Less than 1/3 of our paper is manufactured from recycled sources, and in the U.S., 99% of the virgin fiber used for paper manufacturing comes from trees.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimates that by 2010, worldwide paper and paperboard consumption will increase 90% from 1993. This equates to a consumption level of 528 million tons.
U.S. businesses throw away 21 million tons of paper every year, the equivalent of 175 pounds per office worker.
On average, every American consumes over 730 pounds of paper a year, making the U.S. the world's greatest paper consumer. A 12-foot high wall stretching from New York City to Los Angeles could be built with our annual office and writing paper waste.
The 300 million rolls of fax paper we use each year is enough to go from the Earth to the moon 26 times.

Benefits of Recycling
Recycling one ton of new paper translates into the savings of:

17 mature pulp-producing trees
78.75 gallons of oil
7,000 gallons of water
41,000 Kilowatt hours of energy

Additionally, air pollution is reduced by 60 pounds and three cubic yards of landfill space are conserved.

If each copier in the U.S. made 5 fewer copies a day, we could save up to 1.4 million trees.
Paper fibers can be recycled about six or seven times before they begin to disintegrate.

What You Can Do:

Follow your office building's recycling program.
Buy recycled office products.
Whenever possible, print double-sided.
Use the back of old documents as scrap paper.
Send electronic copies instead of paper.
Circulate office memos to avoid excess copying.
Preview documents on screen before printing.
Avoid using fax cover sheets.
Copy materials only as needed.



	Some Interesting Facts: Paper waste comprises 40% of our municipal solid waste stream. Less than 1/3 of our paper is manufactured from recycled sources, and in the U.S., 99% of the virgin fiber used for paper manufacturing comes from trees. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimates that by 2010, worldwide paper and paperboard consumption will increase 90% from 1993. This equates to a consumption level of 528 million tons. U.S. businesses throw away 21 million tons of paper every year, the equivalent of 175 pounds per office worker. On average, every American consumes over 730 pounds of paper a year, making the U.S. the world's greatest paper consumer. A 12-foot high wall stretching from New York City to Los Angeles could be built with our annual office and writing paper waste. The 300 million rolls of fax paper we use each year is enough to go from the Earth to the moon 26 times.

	Benefits of Recycling Recycling one ton of new paper translates into the savings of: 17 mature pulp-producing trees 78.75 gallons of oil 7,000 gallons of water 41,000 Kilowatt hours of energy
Additionally, air pollution is reduced by 60 pounds and three cubic yards of landfill space are conserved. If each copier in the U.S. made 5 fewer copies a day, we could save up to 1.4 million trees. Paper fibers can be recycled about six or seven times before they begin to disintegrate. What You Can Do: Follow your office building's recycling program. Buy recycled office products. Whenever possible, print double-sided. Use the back of old documents as scrap paper. Send electronic copies instead of paper. Circulate office memos to avoid excess copying. Preview documents on screen before printing. Avoid using fax cover sheets. Copy materials only as needed.

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