According to The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries:

A ton of paper made from recycled fibers instead of virgin fibers conserves:

• 17 trees
• 6953 gallons of water
• 463 gallons of oil
• 587 pounds of air pollution
• 3.06 cubic yards of landfill space
• 4077 Kilowatt hours of electricity
• more…

So far, in 2011, HV Shred clients have saved:

• 7,000 trees
• 2.5 million gallons of water
• 150,000 gallons of oil
• 195,000 pounds of air pollution
• 1,200 cubic yards of landfill space
• 1,500,000 Kilowatt hours of electricity

LET’S KEEP IN GOING!!!!!

Excerpted from a Q&A report by Environmental Defense and the Alliance for Environmental Innovation:

Q: Is recycled paper better for the environment than virgin paper?
A: Yes! It’s common sense that making new paper from old paper is easier on the Earth.

Here’s why:

• It helps preserve forests, because it reduces demand for wood;
• It conserves resources and generates less pollution during manufacturing, because the fibers have already been processed once; and
• It reduces solid waste, because it diverts usable paper from the waste stream.
• more…

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