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 didnt happen. Demand for paper is expected to double before 2030.
Every tree produces enough oxygen for 3 people to breathe.
The Chinese invented paper around 105 A.D. from hemp. Eventually, tree bark, bamboo, and other plant fibers were used in addition to hemp.
Our English word paper is derived from the word papyrus, in Egyptian.
About 70 million tons of paper and paperboard are used by Americans every year.
During the American Revolution, paper was so hard to find that soldiers ripped pages from books to use them as wadding (disc of material used in guns) for their rifles.
To print a Sunday edition of the New York Times requires 75,000 trees!
To print a Sunday edition of the New York Times requires 75,000 trees!
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