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We use 12.5 million tones of paper and cardboard every year in the UK.
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Recycling 1 ton of paper saves 17 trees.
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The average British family throws away 6 trees worth of paper in their household bin in a year.
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Over a million tonnes of newspapers are thrown away every year in the UK.
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On average every person in the UK gets through 38kg of newspapers a year.
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The UK uses a forest the size of Wales every year in paper.
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A 50 percent increase in worldwide paper consumption is expected by 2010.
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115 billion sheets of paper are used annually for personal computers.
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700 pounds of paper are consumed by the average American each year.
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10,000 trees are cut down annually in China to make holiday cards.
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3 cubic yards of landfill space can be saved by one ton of recycled paper.
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Experts estimate that the last remaining rainforests could be consumed in less than 40 years.
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U.S. per capita consumption of paper is 681 pounds per year! This means that if one 30 year old pine tree only produces 117 pounds of paper-THEN WE ARE EACH USING APPROXIMATELY 7 TREES A YEAR!
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Forests store 50% of the world's terrestrial carbon.
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Half the world's forests have already been cleared or burned, and 80% of what's left has been seriously degraded.
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The paper industry is the 4th largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions among United States manufacturing industries, and contributes 9% of the manufacturing sector's carbon emissions.
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If the United States 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.
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In 2003, only 48.3% of office paper was recovered for recycling.
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Waste paper which is dumped in landfill sites gradually rots down and produces methane, which is a dangerous greenhouse gas.
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The average family uses 6 trees worth of paper each year.
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About 25% of what we throw away is paper.
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The UK imports 60% of the wood fibre we use to make paper and card. The further the fibre travels the more money and fuel are used.
