Paper Factoids: Deforestation and CO2 Emissions

Deforestation currently contributes about a fifth of carbon dioxide emissions worldwide.

The New York Times.

Paper Factoids: Percentages of Different Kinds of Paper

From the Environmental Paper Network

US Paper and Paperboard Production, 2000 (AF & PA)

Paper Factoids: Harvesting Forests

Most of the world’s paper supply, about 71 percent, is not made from timber harvested at tree farms but from forest-harvested timber, from regions with ecologically valuable, biologically diverse habitat. (Toward a Sustainable Paper Cycle: An Independent Study on the Sustainability of the Pulp and Paper Industry, 1996)

From the Environmental Paper Network.

Paper Factoids: What We Throw Away

Americans throw away enough office paper each year to build a 12-foot high wall stretching from New York to San Francisco—that's 10,000 or so sheets per person!

From reduce.org

Paper Factoids: US vs. the World

The United States, which has less than 5% of the world's population, consumes 30% of the world's paper.

From reduce.org

Paper Factoids: American Paper Consumption

The average American consumes more than 700 pounds of paper a year -- that's the world's highest per capita figure.

From "15 Facts about the Paper Industry, Global Warming and the Environment" at The Daily Green.

Paper Factoids: Copy Paper

Printing and writing paper account for about one-half of U.S. paper production.

From reduce.org