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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).
Over 2/3rds of the stuff we throw away is edible. Each year Americans create nearly 210 million tons of solid waste. 42% of our garbage is made up of paper textile. About three and a half pounds of solid waste are thrown away every day for each person in the U.S.