Paper waste accounts for up to 40% of total waste produced in the United States each year, which adds up to 71.6 million tons of paper waste per year in the United States alone. The average office worker in the US prints 31 pages every day. Americans also use on the order of 16 billion paper cups per year. COUNT 4
QSN1 What percentage of total waste can be attributed to paper? ANS1 40% QSN2 How many millions of tons of paper are wasted in the US each year? ANS2 71.6 million QSN3 How many paper cups are used by Americans each year? ANS3 16 billion QSN4 How many pages are printed by the average office worker in the US each day? ANS4 31