Knowledge is power. Design Printing wants to share with you interesting and important facts and numbers about being green. Read on to learn more.
Consider these facts about how print is recycled and reused:
87% of Americans have access to curbside or drop off recycling programs and 63.5% of all paper consumed in the U.S. was recovered for recycling in 2010.
There are 12 million more acres of forest that exist in the U.S. today than 20 years ago.
1.7 million trees are planted every day by the U.S. paper and forest products industry; and 600 million annually worldwide.
- ChoosePrint.org
- eNonprofit benchmarks Study, 2010
• Paper has been the most energetically recycled material over time.
• In 2009, 63.4% of all paper used in the US was recycled and this percentage grows each year.
• When trees on paper producing tree farms are harvested, new stocks are planted. Three trees are planted for each one felled; over 1.7 million new tress are planted each year in the US.
• Only 11% of the world’s forests are used for paper, ( 28% for lumber and 53% for fuel)
• 12 million MORE acres of forest exist in the US than there was 20 years ago.
*ChoosePrint.org 2010
Why Print?
It seems as if so much information can be conveyed via the computer, this should save time and money, right? In fact, over 80% of households actually do read the mail that comes to their house. Did you read 80% of your emails this week?
So how do you reconcile the need for printing to increase your business with being green and supporting conservation?
Easy answer: Design Printing. We are first quality, competitively priced, thoroughly green with FSC and SFI chain of custody certifications, vegetable-based inks, and low VOC compounds.
Get your message seen and read- then recycle the paper and grow your business and the forests of the US.
Print gives private landowners a financial incentive to renew forests rather than convert land for other purpose such as agriculture or development. Most of the new wood fiber used to produce paper comes from ‘tree farms’ where trees are a crop similar to wheat or broccoli.
Print uses Waste:
33% of paper comes from woodchips and sawmill scraps; another 33% comes from recycled paper.
Print is Recycled:
In 2009 63.4% of all paper used in the US was recycled and this number increases each year.
When trees are paper-producing tree farms are harvested, new stocks are planted. 1.7 million trees are planted each day buy the US paper and forest products industry.
Just 11% of the world’s forest’s are used for paper- 28% for lumber and 53% for fuel.
12 million more acres of forest exist in the US than did 20 years ago.
20 cases of recycled paper saves 17 trees, 390 gallons of oil, 7000 gallons of water, eliminates 60 lbs of pollutants and emissions, 4100 KwH of energy and 8 cubic feet of landfill space.
Email is cheap and uses no natural resources:
Over 200 million items of e-waste are thrown away each year in the US*
70% of the toxic waste in US landfills comes from e-waste
Burning a CD produces 4 x as much CO-2 as printing a single annual report**
* US Environmental Protection Agency
**www.finsbury.com.au/NewsDetail
Printing wastes paper:
4,000,00 trees are planted daily in the US*
Only 18% of electronic waste is recycled annually vs. 57% of paper recycled in 2008
There are 12,000,000 more acres of US forestland today than 20 years ago**
*Forest- American Forest & Paper Association
** www.afandpa.org
The printing industry has been much more committed to total environmental concerns that the tech industry- smart choices of printing vs. email can make a major difference for your and the environment. Consider printing instead.
