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Tree Quiz

How many grocery bags does a 15-year old tree make?
How many new trees are used for the Sunday papers in the U.S.?
How many less trees does it take to make a ton of virgin paper? Water? Energy? Air pollution?
How much carbon dioxide does a single tree absorb in a day?
How many trees are being lost in tropical forests each hour of every day?

Answers:
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1. About 700 bags per tree. Grocery shoppers alone use billions of bags.
2. About 500,000 new trees are used for the Sunday paper in the U.S.
3. It takes 17 fewer trees, 7,000 gallons less water, 4,102 kwh less energy, and 60 pounds less air pollution to make a ton of recycled paper, as opposed to virgin paper.
4. A single tree absorbs about 26 pounds of carbon dioxide.
5. About 500,000 trees are cut hourly worldwide, 75 acres every minute, 108,000 acres each day, 39,000,000 acres a year.

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