Average
U.S. ****** Worker Uses 10,000 Sheets of
Paper Per Year
While digital media theoretically lessens the need for
Paper — everything from e-readers to
online shopping has the potential to cut down on
Paper usage — data shows that the
Average American still
Uses the equivalent of a
100-foot Douglas fir tree each year.
For
Earth Day on Tuesday, Catalog Spree and PaperKarma gathered information on the serious
Paper waste situation in the
U.S. The data comes from the Clean Air Council and the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the federal government's arm dedicated to human health and the environment.
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