 | Each person will receive
almost 560 pieces of junk mail this year. That's 4.5 million tons of junk mail
produced each year! |
 | Approximately 40% of the
solid mass that makes up our landfills is paper and paperboard waste.
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 | 100 million trees are ground
up each year to produce junk mail. |
 | Old growth forests make up
16% of the virgin tree fiber used each year to make paper products.
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 | More than 90% of the printing
and writing paper made in the US is from virgin tree fiber. |
 | 40% of the world's industrial
logging goes into making paper and this is expected to reach 50% in the near
future. |