Facts and Figures

• One ton of recycled paper saves 3,700 pounds of lumber and 24,000 gallons of water.

• Each person in the United States consumes approximately 675 pounds of paper per year.

• In the U.S., 62 million newspapers are sold daily, but only 18 million are recycled. That's the same as dumping 500,000 trees into a landfill or incinerator every day.

• If everyone in the U.S. recycled just 1/10 of their newsprint, we would save 25 million trees a year.

• Recycling one ton of paper uses 64% less energy, 50% less water, produces 74% less air pollution, saves 17 trees and creates 5 times more jobs than one ton of paper products from virgin wood pulp.

(These recycling facts have been compiled from various sources including The National Recycling Coalition, The Environmental Protection Agency, Browning-Ferris Industries, Temperate Forest Foundation and Earth911.org)