2. Americans use more than 67 million tons of paper per year, or about 580 pounds per person.
3. Paper products make up the largest part (approximately 40 percent) of our trash.
4. Making recycled paper instead of new paper uses 64 percent less energy and uses 58 percent less water.
5. Every day American businesses generate enough paper to circle the earth 20 times!
6. Every day Americans recover more than 2 million pounds of paper. That's about 40 percent of the paper we use.
7. Paper products use up at least 35 percent of the world's annual commercial wood harvest.
8. More than 1/3 of all fiber used to make paper comes from recycled paper.
9. Every year more than 900 million trees are cut down to provide raw materials for American paper and pulp mills.
10. Every Sunday, Americans waste 90 percent of recyclable newspapers. This wastes 500,000 trees.
11. One tree can filter up to 60 pounds of pollutants from the air each year.
12. Each year, Americans throw away 25 trillion Styrofoam cups.