11 Facts about Paper

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 [...]

11 Facts about Recycling

1.  The average American uses 650 pounds of paper each year – 100 million tons of wood could be saved each year if all that paper was recycled. 2.  Americans use 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour. 3.  A typical family consumes 182 gallons of soda, 29 gallons of juice, 104 gallons of milk, and [...]

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