How many trees do you need to make one piece of computer paper?
Typical virgin office paper can vary from 15 – 25 reams per tree depending on the kind and size of tree harvested. There are 500 sheets/ream. Since office paper now contains recycled content fewer trees are needed. Some products have up to 90% recycled material. Another question could be how many pounds of recycled newsprint does it take to save a tree? ~1,660.0 pounds http://www.spiritone.com/~brucem/savetre… Recycling the thicker office paper saves even more trees. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_recyc… But if you really want the fraction a sheet of copy paper weighs 5 grams and a common harvested tree weight is 37,800g – 62,500g.
