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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).
Recycled newspaper saves 34 to 60% of the total energy needed for virgin newsprint. 10 million tons of newsprint is thrown away each year in the United States. Approximately 65,000 to 75,000 trees are needed to produce paper for the Sunday edition of the New York Times. PAPER RECYCLING Recycling one ton of paper: Saves 4,100 kWh of energy Saves 9 barrels (380 gallons) of oil Saves 54 million Btu's of energy Saves 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space Saves 60 pounds of air pollutants being released