Some Facts About Paper Waste

• A typical business office will produce about 1.5 pounds of paper waste per employee each day.


• If you were to eliminate office paper from your waste stream you can cut your waste bill by 50 percent or more.


• For every ton of recycled paper it can save up to 17 trees.
  The paper industry ranks 4th in contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, and contributes 9% of the manufacturing sector’s carbon emissions.


• If the U.S could cut office paper use by just 10% it would prevent the emission of 1.6 million tons of greenhouse gases (the equivalent of taking 280,000 cars off the road).


• One year’s worth of the New York Times newspaper weighs 520 pounds.


• To print a Sunday edition of the New York Times it takes 75,000 trees.


• With all the office paper we waste every year we could build a 12-foot high wall of paper from New York to California.


• The average American attorney uses one ton of paper every year.
  Recycling one ton of paper saves 682.5 gallons of oil (think about that next time you’re standing at the pump).


• American consumers receive 41 pounds of junk mail per year.


• US Offices create 12.1 trillion sheets of paper Per Year
  40% of the solid mass in landfills is paper and paperboard waste
  More than 100 million trees are destroyed each year to produce junk mail
  Paper usage is rising by around 20% every year, with the average office worker using approximately 50 sheets of paper every day in the typical office.