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Managed Forests For Smart Paper Buyers

Please feel free to use these tidbits of information in your own day to day activities. Of course, if we can help you in your quest for a more sustainable print buying solution, please do not hesitate to ask.

– Every day the paper industry recycles enough paper to fill a 15 mile long train.

– An acre of young, healthy trees will produce 4,280 lbs of oxygen and capture 5,880 lbs of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year.

– For every 50 tons of paper used, one acre of forestland is sustainably managed.

– You know that trees make paper, but paper also makes trees! The demand for paper drives growth of the forests, and a high value on forest land protects that property from commercial development.

– Today the US had 750 million acres of forestland. That is 12 million more acres of forest in the US today than existed in 1988.

– Every day more than 1.7 million trees are planted in the U.S.

– 4 trees per person per year.

The end result of course is that properly managed forests are an asset we can all appreciate. Managed forests help clean the air we breathe, provide the habitat for a wide range of wildlife, and offer unmatched recreational opportunities for those who like to camp, fish, hike and study nature. Managed forests do all of this and provide the pulp we need for paper products. Combine the renewable nature of trees and the reusable nature of paper, and you have a powerful combination that ensures there will be plenty of paper – and plenty of nature – for future generations.