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Confidence votes 39. According to Recycle Now Schools.com website, paper waste for secondary school students it is approximately 22kg or 48.4 lbs and for primary school students, approximately 45kg or 99 lbs (per academic year, per student).
Enough office and writing paper is thrown away each year to build a 12-foot high wall of paper from Los Angeles to New York City. Annually, each person in the United States uses paper equivalent to two pine trees. Recycled paper saves 33% of the total energy needed for virgin paper. The average American uses 650 lbs. of paper per year.