More paper is recovered in America for recycling than all other materials combined.
More than one third of the raw material fiber U.S. papermakers use comes from recycled paper. More paper is now recovered in America than is landfilled. The paper recovered for recycling in the past 10 years would fill more than 3.5 square miles of landfill space packed 50 feet high. To fully realize this commitment, however, an ongoing partnership with citizens and government is essential. Nowhere is this partnership more valuable than in attaining the U.S. paper industry's goal to recover for recycling 50 percent of all the paper Americans use.