Earth Day 2009 marks the beginning of the Green Generation Campaign. Thousands of events are being planned around the world. Celebrate Earth Day with your community!
Information on Earth Day Michigan can be found here.
For more information on Earth Day 2009, please visit the earthdaynetwork.
1. Year paper was invented: 105 A.D. (by Chinese imperial court official Lun Ts’ai).
2. Global comsumption of paper and paperboard in 2005: 368 million tons.
3. Projected consumption in 2021: 579 million tons.
4. Paper consumed per person, per year in the United States: 330 kilograms.
5. Paper consumed per person per year in Western Europe: 200 kgs; Latin America: 50 kgs; China and Asia: 28 kgs.
6. Sheets of paper used each year by the average U.S. office worker: 10, 000.
7. Percent of printed-on office paper discarded within one day of printing: 45%.
8. Municipal waste discarded in the U.S. in 2006: 251 million tons. Percent share accounted for by paper: 34%.
9. Beginning of the U.S. recycled paper industry: 1690.
10. Number of trees saved by one ton of recycled paper: 17.
11. Landfill spaced saved by one ton of recycled paper: 3.3 cubic yards.
Information obtained from January/February 2009 issue of World Watch.
