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The amount of waste paper buried each year would fill 103,448 double decker buses*.

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Paper Waste Facts

*www.wastewatch.org.uk

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Families in the UK throw away 6.3 million tonnes of paper every year*.

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Paper Waste Facts

*www.recycling-guide.org.uk

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Every tonne of paper recycled saves 17 trees*.

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*www.recycling-revolution.com

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Recycled paper produces 73% less air pollution than if it was made from raw materials*.

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*www.recycling-guide.org.uk

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12.5 million tonnes of paper and cardboard are used annually in the UK*.

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*www.gd-environmental.co.uk

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The average person in the UK gets through 38Kg of newspapers per year*.

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*www.recycling-guide.org.uk

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It takes 24 trees to make 1 tonne of newspaper*.

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*www.conservatree.org

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It takes just 7 days to recycle a newspaper into a new one*.

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Paper Waste Facts

*www.businesswaste.co.uk

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On a Sunday, 90% of newspapers are thrown away in the UK, equivalent to landfilling 500,000 trees!*

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Paper Waste Facts

*www.recyclingbins.co.uk

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All newspapers made in the UK are made from 100% recycled paper*.

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Paper Waste Facts

*www.ukwsl.co.uk

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Each year, people in the UK use 12.5 million tonnes of paper and cardboard. That’s the same

weight as 3 million African elephants*.

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*www.recyclingbins.co.uk

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An average family in the UK uses 6 trees worth of paper a year*.

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*www.recyclingbins.co.uk

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Recycling 1 tonne of paper will save enough energy to power an average 3 bedroom house

for a whole year*.

Year

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*www.wikipedia.org

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Some recycled cardboard is so strong you can use it instead of wood or metal to make furniture*.

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*www.instructables.com

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At least a quarter of every school bin is filled with paper which can easily be recycled*.

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Paper Waste Facts

*www.recycling-guide.org.uk

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Every year we need a forest the size of Wales to produce all the paper we use in the UK*.

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Paper Waste Facts

*www.your.caerphilly.gov.uk

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The 2.5 million copies of the latest Harry Potter book were printed on recycled paper, this saved:

89,200 trees

Enough water to fill 105 Olympic swimming pools

Enough electricity to power a home for 610 years!*

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Paper Waste Facts

*www.worldwatch.org

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324 litres of water are used to make 1 kilogram of paper*.

*www.thewordcounts.com

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*www.recyclingbins.co.uk

Each Christmas, we throw away enough wrapping paper to cover over 11,000 football pitches*.

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Paper Waste Facts

*www.recyclingbins.co.uk

Paper and cardboard account for 1/5 of all waste produced in the UK*.