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Things to Know about Paper Consumption
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Nov 12, 2003, 11:28

1. Print-related business activities contribute over $1 trillion dollars to the US GNP.

2. Print-related business activities directly and indirectly employ over 10 million people in the US.

3. Recent US Department of Commerce figures indicate that paper and printing purchases represent between 5% and 15% of all corporate expenditures exclusive of labor.

4. The average US office worker uses over 10,000 sheets of printing and copying paper per year.

5. The average US office worker generates 2 lbs. of paper waste per day.

6. Per capita consumption of paper in the US is currently over 748lbs.

7. Developing nations, India and China, with their combined 2 billion inhabitants, consume less that 25 lbs. of paper per capita.

8. Paper consumption has increased six-fold over the past 50 years.

9. Paper and packaging waste make up over 40% of North American solid waste landfill.

10. Every pound of waste that business generates, whether it is toxic or not, is a drain on profitability, productivity and environmental performance.


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