[Infographic] How Much Paper Is Used in the U.S. in One Day
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65,395,000,000
That’s 500x higher than the population of Japan
That isalmost 14.5x higher thanthe age ofthe Earth
Americans use over 110x more sheets of paper per day than they drink in
cups of coffee
That is enough paper to print 5.5 million copies of the Hunger Game Trilogy
That is enough paper to fill the 838 miles of shelves in the Library of Congress nearly 5x.
This much paper requires the use
of almost
1’ Diameter
NYC to be cut down
2,000 sq. ft. houses.
That’s enough money to build 6 exact replicas of the Empire State Building.
x 110x5
5.5 million
Central Park
That’s enough paper to requirenearly every tree in
25,000 HousesThat is enough trees to build over
ONE DAY
x14.5
815,000pine trees
(770 sq. acres, 4,840 trees per sq. acre.)
IS USED IN THE U.S. INHow Much Paper
EACH DAY
World Paper-Free Day!
Start Here
60’ T
all
x500
That’s enough paper to outweigh nearly
2.5 millionSUMO WRESTLERS
6Sources
http://www.tappi.orghttp://www.census.govhttp://pubs.usgs.govhttp://www.usatoday.com
http://web-japan.orghttp://www.loc.govhttp://www.slate.comhttp://urban.csuohio.edu
http://science.howstuffworks.comhttp://greenanswers.comhttp://warnell.forestry.uga.edu
that means that nearly
is used in paper in one day $4 billion
that equals about
800 millionpounds of paper
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that’s enoughmoney to buy everycitizen in belgium a
New iPhone.