How much paper can be made from a tree?

submitted by St Joseph Mater Boni Consilii School Paola : Keyne Anne Mascari  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
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sustainable development goal(s): climate action, life on land
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We need to know that for us to create paper, we are bound to use a lot of trees:

• 1 ton of uncoated virgin (non-recycled) printing and office paper uses 24 trees.

• 1 ton of 100% virgin (non-recycled) newsprint uses 12 trees.

• A “pallet” of copier paper contains 40 cartons and weighs 1 ton.

• 1 carton (10 reams) of 100% virgin copier paper uses 6 trees.

• 1 tree makes 16.67 reams of copy paper or 8,333.3 sheets.

• 1 ream (500 sheets) uses 6% of a tree.

• 1 ton of coated, higher-end virgin magazine paper uses a little more than 15 trees.

• 1 ton of coated, lower-end virgin magazine paper (used for news magazines and most catalogues) uses nearly 8 trees.