{"id":581,"date":"2019-05-13T11:02:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T15:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/?p=581"},"modified":"2020-10-13T11:03:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T15:03:57","slug":"fast-facts-paper-recycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/?p=581","title":{"rendered":"Fast Facts: Paper Recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Around 1 billion trees worth of paper are thrown away every year in the U.S.<\/li><li>To produce each week&#8217;s Sunday newspapers, 500,000 trees must be cut down.<\/li><li>Every ton of paper recycled saves more than 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space.<\/li><li>One million tons of recovered paper is enough to fill more than 14,000 railroad cars.<\/li><li>Recycled paper produces 73% less air pollution than if it was made from raw materials.<\/li><li>It takes 24 trees to make 1 ton of newspaper.<\/li><li>An average American uses 465 trees worth of paper during their lifetime.<\/li><li>Recycling half the world&#8217;s paper would free 20 million acres of forest land.<\/li><li>Paper plus cardboard combined make up 73% of the materials in a landfill<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Office paper can be reused by bringing used office paper to a printer who can bind the papers into pads for internal office use (taking notes, sketches, etc.).&nbsp; Typical 8.5 inch by 11 inch sheets of paper can be made into a variety of recycled paper pads: 8.5\u201d by 11\u201d, 5.5\u201d by 8.5\u201d, and 4.25\u201d by 5.5\u201d.&nbsp; The small recycled paper pads make excellent note pads for your home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recycling is Required<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Municipal and state regulations require that residents, commercial establishments and non-residential establishments recycle all recyclable materials.&nbsp; Commonly recycled materials include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Paper \u2013 newspaper, office\/copy paper, glossy paper, color paper, cardboard, junk mail, phone books, cereal\/cracker boxes<\/li><li>Plastic \u2013 bottles and jugs No. 1-7<\/li><li>Glass \u2013 clear, green and brown containers<\/li><li>Metal \u2013 aluminum, steel, tin, and bimetal cans and containers<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You should check with your hauler for a complete list of acceptable recyclable materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around 1 billion trees worth of paper are thrown away every year in the U.S. To produce each week&#8217;s Sunday&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/?p=581\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fast Facts: Paper Recycling<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,8],"class_list":["post-581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recyclingnews","tag-paper","tag-recycling-facts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northmontcorecycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}