What you need to know...
- About 90% of the paper and paperboard consumed in the United States is made in the
United States.
- 91% of the wood harvested in the United States comes from privately owned forests.
- Overall,33% of paper making material comes from recycled paper; 33% comes from woodchips and sawmill scrap; and only 33% comes from virgin trees.
- Private landowners in the United States plant about 4 million trees every day, which is 3-4 times more than they harvest.
- "To address climate change, we must use more wood, not less. Using wood sends signals to the marketplace to grow more trees and produce more wood."
Dr. Patrick Moore,
Co-founder, Greenpeace
Chair and Chief Scientist,
Greenspirit Strategies, Inc
- For more information: http://www.ChoosePrint.org