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    The document compares the environmental impacts of producing 1 ton of virgin fiber paper versus 1 ton of 100% recycled paper. Producing recycled paper requires 0 trees, less energy and greenhouse gas emissions, wastewater, and solid waste. Specifically, producing recycled paper leads to 100% fewer trees used, 33% less energy, 37% fewer greenhouse gas emissions, 49% less wastewater, and 39% less solid waste. While recycled paper production is less sustainable than virgin pulp, it provides significant environmental savings.

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    The document compares the environmental impacts of producing 1 ton of virgin fiber paper versus 1 ton of 100% recycled paper. Producing recycled paper requires 0 trees, less energy and greenhouse gas emissions, wastewater, and solid waste. Specifically, producing recycled paper leads to 100% fewer trees used, 33% less energy, 37% fewer greenhouse gas emissions, 49% less wastewater, and 39% less solid waste. While recycled paper production is less sustainable than virgin pulp, it provides significant environmental savings.

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    The document compares the environmental impacts of producing 1 ton of virgin fiber paper versus 1 ton of 100% recycled paper. Producing recycled paper requires 0 trees, less energy and greenhouse gas emissions, wastewater, and solid waste. Specifically, producing recycled paper leads to 100% fewer trees used, 33% less energy, 37% fewer greenhouse gas emissions, 49% less wastewater, and 39% less solid waste. While recycled paper production is less sustainable than virgin pulp, it provides significant environmental savings.

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    Virgin Paper Recycled Paper

    1 ton virgin fiber paper 1 ton 100% recycled Environmental Savings


    paper from Recycled Content
    TREES 24 trees 0 trees 100%
    Energy 33 million BTUs 22 million BTUs 33%
    Greenhouse Gases 5,601 pounds 3,533 pounds 37%
    Released- CO2
    Wastewater 22,853 gallons 11,635 gallons 49%
    Solid waste 1,922 pounds 1,171 pounds 39%

    The Difference between Virgin Pulp and Recycled Pulp

     Virgin fiber paper does not contain any recycled material, it is paper manufactured from new
    wood pulp, while recycled fiber paper contains recycled material.
     The papers produced with recycled pulp cannot be as sustainable as the ones produced by
    using virgin pulp since in the recycling process fibers weaken and shorten.
     The production of recycled pulp is harder and relatively more expensive than the production of
    virgin pulp.

    REFERENCES

     "Paper Recycling Facts, Figures and Information Sources". (2018). Small Business.
     "Debunking the Myths of Recycled Paper". (2019). Recycling Point Dot Com. .
     "Resource savings and CO₂ reduction potentials in waste management in Europe and the
    possible contribution to the CO₂ reduction target in 2020". (December 2020).
     "Paper Facts & Trivia". The Paper Project. Retrieved 9 June 2014.

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