• Recycled paper is made to the same standards as paper made from virgin pulp. In addition, recycled paper has features which make it more desirable than virgin paper, such as being more opaque, dense, and flexible.
• Every ton of paper that is recycled saves: 17 trees + 7,000 gallons of water + 4,200 kilowatt hours of energy + 410 gallons of fuel
• Every ton of recycled paper saves more than 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space
• By 2012, the paper industry’s goal is to recover 55% of all the paper Americans consume for recycling, which is approximately 55 million tons of paper
• More than 37% of the fiber used to make new paper products in the United States comes from recycled sources
• 86% (approximately 254 million) of Americans have access to curbside or drop-off paper recycling programs
• Nearly 218,000 tons of shredded paper is used each year for animal bedding
• In the U.S., more than one-third of the fiber used to make new paper products comes from recycled paper.
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