Recycling one ton of paper saves 682.5 gallons of oil, 7,000 gallons of water and 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space.
Recycling one ton of paper saves 682.5 gallons of oil, 7,000 gallons of water, or 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space. Plastics can take up to 400 years to break down in a landfill. Every ton of recycled paper saves about 17 trees.