#7 Odd Fact For Today

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Did you know that Americans, every year, throw away enough office and writing paper to build a wall 12 feet high, stretching from New York City to Los Angeles? Did you know that the average office employee throws away about 180 pounds of high-grade recyclable paper every year? Did you know that about 3 million tons of recycled paper is collected from office buildings and industrial plants for recycling? My daughter-in-law works at home for a title insurance company. Every couple weeks she takes boxes of used paper to the main office where it is dumped in a huge bin for recycling. When cleaning out my office over the last year, I have added a lot of paperwork to her boxes. I was happy to have a secure place to dispose of it, and know that it would be recycled.