Using 100% PCW recycled paper reduces our carbon footprint, doesn't add to landfills and saves our forests. But, what does that really mean in numbers? Using 100% post-consumer waste recycled paper results in: 45% less energy use 38% less greenhouse gasses produced 45% less wastewater generated 50% less solid waste created 100% less wood use In fact, using 20 cases of Envirographic 100 paper that is made with 100% post-consumer waste rather than non-recycled paper saves the following resources: 2 tons of wood used (approximately 13 trees) 4,700 gallons of water (273 eight-minute showers) 9 million btu of energy (enough energy to power an average American household for 37 days) 548 pounds of solid waste (18.5 thirty-two gallon garbage cans) 1,039 pounds of greenhouse gases (equivalent of carbon sequestered by about 13 tree seedlings grown for ten years)