If everyone in the U.S. recycled just 1/10 of their newsprint,
we would save the estimated equivalent of about
25 million trees a year.
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Every ton of paper used for recycling saves:
3000 - 4000 KWh electricity (enough for an
average 3 bedroom house for one year)
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Everyday Americans buy 62 million newspapers and throw out 44 million.
That is the equivalent of dumping
500,000 trees into a landfill every week.
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American's throw away enough office and
writing paper annually to build a wall 12 feet
high stretching from Los Angeles to New York City.
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One tree can filter up to 60 pounds of pollutants from the air each year.
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One ton of recycled paper saves 3,700 pounds of lumber and 24,000 gallons of water.
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