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1. World Paper-Free Day!
How Much Paper
IS USED IN THE U.S. IN
That’s 500x higher than
the population of Japan
ONE DAY
That is
almost 14.5x
higher than
the age of
the Earth
x 110
Americans use over 110x
more sheets of paper per
day than they drink in
cups of coffee
That is enough paper
to fill the 838 miles of
shelves in the Library
of Congress nearly 5x.
That is enough paper to
print 5.5 million copies of
the Hunger Game Trilogy
65,395,000,000
1’ Diameter
EACH DAY
This much paper
requires the use
of almost
That’s enough paper to require
nearly every tree in
NYC to be cut down
That is enough trees to build over
2,000 sq. ft. houses.
SHEETS
that equals about
800 million
pounds of paper
that’s enough
money to buy every
citizen in belgium a
New iPhone.
$4 billion
That’s enough money to
build 6 exact replicas of
the Empire State Building.
x5
5.5 million
Central Park
25,000 Houses
x14.5
815,000
pine trees
(770 sq. acres, 4,840 trees per sq. acre.)
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60’ Tall
500x
That’s
enough paper
to outweigh
nearly
2.5 million
SUMO WRESTLERS
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Sources
http://www.tappi.org
http://www.census.gov
http://pubs.usgs.gov
http://www.usatoday.com
http://web-japan.org
http://www.loc.gov
http://www.slate.com
http://urban.csuohio.edu
http://science.howstuffworks.com
http://greenanswers.com
http://warnell.forestry.uga.edu
that means that nearly
is used in paper in one day
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