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Recycling 1 tonne of paper saves what?

Release Date: 2005-09-22

The resources saved by recycling 1 tonne of waste paper are:

17 trees
275lb sulphur
350lb limestone
9,000lb steam
60,000 gallons water
225kw hours
>3.5 cubic yards landfill space

An EcoCover manufacturing plant operating a single daily shift will remove more than 8 tonnes of paper waste per week from the landfill waste stream.

Source: Public Recycling Authority, Pennsylvania State.

10kg of virgin paper requires 980kg of resources to produce.

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