Benefits for business: 

* Paper recycling  represents a minimum, baseline environmental commitment for a company. 

* Divert high grade paper from landfill. 

* Save on general waste disposal costs. 

* Start going green slowly. 

Recycling bins can be placed next to employees' desks, or in common areas encourage.

Statistics:

The average American uses approximately one 100-foot-tall Douglas fir tree in paper and wood products per year

The average office worker in the US uses 10,000 sheets of copy paper each year, that’s approximately 2 pounds of paper products every day.

Our country generates 4 million tons of copy paper annually.

      Recycling one ton of paper would:

          * Save enough energy to power the average American home for six months.

          * Save 7,000 gallons of water.

          * Save 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space.

          * Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by one metric ton of carbon equivalent

          * Extends the fiber supply and contributes to carbon sequestration.

          * Saves considerable landfill space.

          * Reduces energy and water consumption.

          * Decreases the need for disposal.