Statistics Of Paper Waste In Schools

STARTLING STATISTICS


• People, businesses, schools and other organizations generate, on average, 4.7 pounds of waste per person every day.


• Schools and other education facilities often are among the largest waste generators in any city, county or state.


• At least 40 percent of the typical school waste stream is paper (the largest single component of all school waste).


• Every year, nearly 900 million trees are cut down to provide raw materials for U.S. paper and pulp mills.


- webpage: https://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/bmmbschoolrecycle2012.pdf -

FACTS ABOUT PAPER AND PAPER WASTE


• More than 199 tons of paper has already been produced.


• It takes an average of 5 liters of water to produce one piece of A4 paper.


• 93% of paper comes from trees.


• 50% of the waste of businesses is composed of paper.


• To print a Sunday edition of the New York Times requires 75,000 trees!


• Recycling 1 ton of paper saves around 682.5 gallons of oil, 26,500 liters of water and 17 trees.


• Packaging makes up 1/3 or more of our trash.


• U.S offices use 12.1 trillion sheets of paper a year.


• Paper accounts for 25% of landfill waste and 33% of municipal waste.


• With all the paper we waste each year, we can build a 12 foot high wall of paper from New York to California!


• Lessening of paper usage was predicted due to the electronic revolution. It didn’t happen. Demand for paper is expected to double before 2030.


• Every tree produces enough oxygen for 3 people to breathe.



- webpage: http://www.theworldcounts.com/stories/Paper-Waste-Facts -




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