Green Facts

The Dunning household is trying to be better about preserving our Earth. We are also encouraged to do exercise such at work. Our whole department participates in recycling as much as possible. These are some interesting facts that were passed on to us. Hope it helps or encourages you to do so.

• Recycled paper saves 60 percent energy versus virgin paper.

• Recycled paper generates 95 percent less air pollution: each ton saves 60 pounds of air pollution.

• Recycling one ton of paper saves 17 trees and 7,000 gallons of water.

• Every year, enough paper is thrown away to make a 12-foot wall from New York to California.

• Production of recycled paper uses 80 percent less water, 65 percent less energy and produces 95 percent less air pollution than virgin paper production.

• If offices throughout the country increased the rate of two-sided photocopying from the 1991 figure of 20 percent to 60 percent, they could save the equivalent of about 15 million trees.