Re: [GRRN] Wood needed to make a ton of paper

Helen Spiegelman (helens@axionet.com)
Fri, 26 Feb 1999 16:48:16 -0800


Cindy!
I have wondered and wondered where the 17 trees measure came from! I have
always wondered WHAT trees. The trees that grow in my neck of the wood are
probably seventeen tonnes to the tree... What scale tree did you assume?
(Now that I know someone actually *calculated* that measure, which I have
always considered apocryphal, I will be able to explain it to people who ask.

Thx!

Helen S.
Vancouver, British Columbia
land of the BIIIIIIIIIIIIIG TREES!

At 05:19 PM 2/26/99 +0000, Cindy Shea wrote:
>John,
>
>I'm the one who originally calculated that it takes 17 trees to make a
>ton of paper. I did the number crunching while writing a Worldwatch
>paper back in 1986. The number has since been widely circulated (and
>widely criticized). I'd like to see what sort of responses you get to
>your query.
>
>Cindy
>
>John Reindl wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have data on the number of cords of wood it takes to
>> make a ton of paper?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John Reindl, Recycling Manager
>> Dane County, WI
>>
>> reindl@co.dane.wi.us
>> (608)267-1533 - fax
>> (608)267-8815 - phone
>>
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