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The Value of
PRINT
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33
% comes from wood chips
of paper and 33%
sawmill scrapsfrom recycled
; another comes
paper.
(U.S. EPA/Choose Print)
Djust 2.4% of waste
irect mail represents municipal solid ,
according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The
grown
recycling recovery rate
of direct mail has
nearly 700%
since 1990. In 2009, discarded TVs,
computers, peripherals (including printers, scanners, fax
machines), mice, keyboards, and cell phones
totaled
2.37 million tons
about short . (EPA website, Municipal Solid
Waste Generation, Recycling, and Disposal in the United States)
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