Following my last post on recycling, What's in a number?, I've unearthed some more stats! I've never been the mathematical type so I'm not sure where these numerical urges are coming from, I think they just make interesting reading.
This time, paper gets the maths makeover…
24 is the number of trees it takes to make one tonne of newspaper
70 per cent less energy is needed to recycle paper than it is to make new paper from virgin pulp
1 tree provides enough oxygen for three people to breathe
38 is the weight in kg of newspapers that the average Brit gets through in a year
10,000 trees are chopped down in China each year to make holiday cards
324 litres is used to make 1kg of paper
20 million acres of forest would be saved if half the world's paper was recycled
73 per cent less air pollution is produced by recycled paper than that made raw materials
115 billion sheets are printed on by personal computers each year
Right then, who fancies planting a tree?
stunning statistics again. Thanks for researching this. I need to write this up and stick it next to the printer ;)
Posted by: Mrs Green @ my zero waste | Thursday, 14 January 2010 at 10:26
My laptop isn't compatible with my printer so - for the last 2 years - I've had to turn on the PC to print anything off. It's amazing how the chore of doing this has made me question whether or not I really need to print something out or not.
Sometimes laziness and doing nothing ...can do more for the environment! :)
Posted by: Julie Kirk | Thursday, 14 January 2010 at 10:54
Nice stats. I never buy newspapers. I was hoping that might compensate for my pretty paper habit?
Posted by: Sarah B | Thursday, 14 January 2010 at 13:09