* It takes 12 trees to produce a ton of printing paper—24 trees for higher grade writing paper.*
* A mature tree can produce as much oxygen in a season as 10 people inhale in a year.
* Only 5% of the paper used in the book industry is recycled.
* Up to 35% of books printed for consumers (down from nearly 60% several years ago) are never read. They are returned to the publisher and end up in landfills.
* 71% of the world's paper supply comes from natural forests, rather than tree farms
* Paper mills dump gallons of chemical bleaches and solvents into local watersheds every hour of every day.
* Conservatree—Trees Into Paper
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
You want to beat up on coal, go ahead. We need desperately to switch to less polluting power sources. But suggesting that paper is more environmentally friendly than digital media is laughable."
"Consider This:
* It takes 12 trees to produce a ton of printing paper—24 trees for higher grade writing paper.*
* A mature tree can produce as much oxygen in a season as 10 people inhale in a year.
* Only 5% of the paper used in the book industry is recycled.
* Up to 35% of books printed for consumers (down from nearly 60% several years ago) are never read. They are returned to the publisher and end up in landfills.
* 71% of the world's paper supply comes from natural forests, rather than tree farms
* Paper mills dump gallons of chemical bleaches and solvents into local watersheds every hour of every day.
* Conservatree—Trees Into Paper
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
You want to beat up on coal, go ahead. We need desperately to switch to less polluting power sources. But suggesting that paper is more environmentally friendly than digital media is laughable."