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When one think’s of recycling, the number one item that comes to mind is paper. Paper is one of the most common items to recycle.
Newspapers are most often tossed in the trash instead of recycling bins. Because of this, the New York City Subway System is proposing to have recycling bins instead of trashcans in the subways, substantially benefiting the environment.
To give you an idea of how much paper gets recycled, I’ve listed some statistics from last year: According to Forbes, the U.S. recovered 51.5 million tons of paper in 2010 and this accounts for 63.5% of the paper consumed in the U.S. AND approximately 335 lbs. for every person in America.
According to Forbes, in 2010, paper processing was an $8.9 billion dollar industry in the U.S. Nearly 77% of all U.S. papermakers use some recovered paper to make everything from newspaper to paper packaging to office paper. Recovered paper is also exported to other countries across the world such as Canada, China, India and Mexico.
Paper may seem insignificant to you, especially in a world of technology, but tons of it gets wasted! When it does get recycled, though, it gets reused in so many beneficial ways. An entire community can significantly impact the environment by recycling all paper products.
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