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STOP THE
ILLEGAL DUMPING OF RECORDS!
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How Much Paper Americans Use:
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 | Americans use an average of 749 pounds of paper products per
individual per year. Over all that's about 187,250,000,000 (187
billion) lbs. of paper for the United States as a whole! |
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What We Use Paper For:
| Paper is an integrated part of everyday life. Here is a list of
some other ways we use paper everyday.
| Containers - boxes, sacks, drums, crates, cans, and buckets.
| Printing & Publishing - books, newspapers, magazines, catalogs
etc.
| Electronics - plugs, speaker cones, panel boards, telephone sets,
instrument cases, fiber conduits.
| Mechanical - gaskets, packing, tire cord, oil filters.
| Construction - pressboard, insulation, sheathing papers.
| Textiles & Apparel - rayon, acetate, clothing, shoes, arch
supports, blankets, bed sheets, and diapers.
| Household - towels, tissues, cups, furniture (pressboard), plates,
and trays.
| Farming - seed starters, egg containers, poultry feeders, and
produce crates.
| Miscellaneous - twines, cords, binders, clock facings, oilproof
aprons.
| Special - absorbent waddings, surgical gowns, fluorescent papers,
gas and flameproof paper, and washable paper maps. |
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Other Useful Stuff That Comes From Paper
Making:
| Tall Oil - a by-product used to make soaps, paints, varnishes,
printing inks, and water proofing agents.
| Turpentine - a commonly used paint thinner and solvent. |
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Environment:
| Industry spending for environmental improvement now exceeds $1
billion a year.
| 98% of a harvested tree can be used efficiently with today's
technology.
| Bark, chipped wood and other waste materials provide 56% of the
energy used by paper manufacturers.
| 80% of the more than 500 paper mills in the United States recycle
some recovered paper. About 200 of them depend on it as a primary
source of raw materials.
| Americans now recover more than 45% of all school and office paper
and more than 70% of all corrugated paperboard.
| 45 million tons of paper were recovered in the United States in
1998 - an average of 330 lbs. per person.
| In 1998, Americans recovered 45% of all the paper they used. |
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