| To
produce one ton of "new" paper it takes:
o
3686 pounds of wood.
o 216 pounds of lime.
o 360 pounds of salt cake.
o 74 pounds of soda ash.
o 24,000 gallons of water.
o 28,000,000, BTU's of energy.
Less
than 1/5 of one percent of printing and writing paper used
in America is recycled.
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