10 points regarding life without paper
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The paper was first invented by the Egyptians, called papyrus, and later reinvented as the paper we use today by the Chinese, we have been consuming more and more paper every day.
Do you know how many trees are required to produce paper? It’s hard to believe, but twelve trees are needed to produce one ton of paper, and that doesn’t include the many necessary chemicals. Additionally, only 37 percent of the paper produced is recycled.
Trees are not the only precious resource being used to produce paper — 540,000 liters of water, on average, are needed for the production of one ton of paper. There is also the fuel consumption in transporting the trees and paper.
According to experts, 44 kilos of paper are consumed annually by every Brazilian, nearly one tree per inhabitant. In the United States, per capita consumption is 200 kilos of paper per year.
In your office or at home, you’ve already had the experience of wasting time looking for a piece of paper, like a receipt or invoice lost in the midst of many other papers. Perhaps you wished you had a search engine for your documents like you do on your computer when looking for a file or folder.
Do you know how many trees are required to produce paper? It’s hard to believe, but twelve trees are needed to produce one ton of paper, and that doesn’t include the many necessary chemicals. Additionally, only 37 percent of the paper produced is recycled.
Trees are not the only precious resource being used to produce paper — 540,000 liters of water, on average, are needed for the production of one ton of paper. There is also the fuel consumption in transporting the trees and paper.
According to experts, 44 kilos of paper are consumed annually by every Brazilian, nearly one tree per inhabitant. In the United States, per capita consumption is 200 kilos of paper per year.
In your office or at home, you’ve already had the experience of wasting time looking for a piece of paper, like a receipt or invoice lost in the midst of many other papers. Perhaps you wished you had a search engine for your documents like you do on your computer when looking for a file or folder.
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