Recycled paper fun Facts for 2007

-Well over 50% of all the papers that end up in consumers’ hands had some percent-recovered fiber.
-USA paper industry plants 5 new trees for every American, each year.
-USA forest has increased 39% since 1952
-A recycled fiber can only be used 5-10 times before it becomes too
weak to include in production of quality paper
-If 100% of paper production were made from 100% post consumer paper – the world would only be able to produce paper for 6 months
before running out of fiber.
-Note: some paper – books, tissue, and archived documented are seldom or never enter the recycle stream for fiber.
-USA has 873billion acres of land that are used solely for production of commercial products – only 2% are used to harvest trees each year.
-USA pulp and paper manufacturers plant two trees for every one
taken for production.
-Paper.com recently introduced a “Green” store filled with thousands of environmentally friendly papers.