How much paper is produced out of one tree?
Since trees are different sizes, it would be difficult to say how much paper comes from one tree. According to one paper manufacturer, however, a cord of wood measuring 4 feet by 4 feet by 8 feet—or 128 cubic feet—produces nearly 90,000 sheets of bond-quality paper or 2,700 copies of a 35-page newspaper.
This information was taken from the Boise Cascade Corporation website. The Mead Corporation website also has useful facts and information about papermaking.
About 300 Million Metric Ton paper is produced and consumed per year
It takes approximately 17 trees to make one tonne of paper. So to produce each week's Sunday newspapers, 500,000 trees must be cut down.
Hence Recycle and reuse..... save the trees
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