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Environmental Benefits
If Staples printed 10% less Full Line catalogs, we would save:
Paper
• Wood Resources Saved – 1,270,000 lbs. (4,394 trees)*
• Energy Saved – 10,597,000 BTUs (116 US homes energy use/year)*
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions reduced – 2,054,719 lbs. CO2 (187 US cars
emissions/year)*
• Water saved – 4,920,723 gallons (7 Swimming pools)*
• Solid Waste Reduced – 729,132 lbs. (26 Garbage Trucks of waste)*
Cardboard Packaging
• Wood Resources Saved – 18,000 lbs. (61 trees)**
• Energy Saved – 186,000 BTUs (2 US homes energy use/year)**
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions reduced – 34,976 lbs. CO2 (3 US cars emissions/year)**
• Water Saved – 42,613 gallons**
• Solid Waste Reduced – 8,547 lbs. (not land filled or incinerated)**
Deisel/CO2
• Diesel Saved – 597,222 gallons***
• CO2 Saved – 6,689 Tons***
*Assuming 15% post-consumer recycled content average. Calculations derived using the Environmental Defense Paper Calculator Tool.
**Assuming 16,666 lbs. cardboard with 65% post-consumer recycled content average. Calculations derived using the Environmental Defense Paper
Calculator Tool.
***Assuming 75 miles traveled to each delivery location. Average ton-miles traveled per gallon of diesel: 60; pounds of CO2 per gallon of diesel: 22.4.
(Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics Data for Truck Freight.