{"id":18196,"date":"2014-11-21T11:16:13","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T16:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=18196"},"modified":"2014-11-21T11:16:13","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T16:16:13","slug":"paper-recycling-facts-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/paper-recycling-facts-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Paper Recycling: All the Facts [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OK, maybe not <em>all<\/em> the facts, but this new video from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isri.org\/\">Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries<\/a> provides a lot of information about the impact of <a href=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/2010\/08\/12\/what-happens-to-all-that-recycled-paper-anyway\/\">paper recycling<\/a>. So, next time you&#8217;re tempted with the thought &#8220;Hey, it&#8217;s just a sheet of <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2014\/06\/new-global-paper-vision-asks-whatsinyourpaper\/\">paper<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;ll just toss it in the trash,&#8221; consider some of these statistics presented in the video and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isri.org\/docs\/default-source\/commodities\/2014-fact-sheet---paper.pdf?sfvrsn=6&amp;utm_source=Real%20Magnet&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_campaign=57866300\">an accompanying fact sheet<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recycling 1 ton of paper saves 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space, and 7000 gallons of water.<\/li>\n<li>The use of recycled materials saves 68% of the energy used when making paper from virgin materials.<\/li>\n<li>Last year, the US recycled 315 pounds of paper, from commercial and residential sources, for each person in the country.<\/li>\n<li>Recycled paper was a $7.5 billion industry in the US in 2013.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lots and lots of environmental and economic benefits, so make sure that sheet of paper, newspaper, magazine, etc., goes in the blue bin at home. 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