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Green Work: By the Numbers
- Once: the number of times that most of the more than 25 billion cartons manufactured in the U.S. are used.
- 55 percent: the amount of water saved by producing recycled paper as compared to virgin paper. Recycled paper also takes 60-70 percent less energy to produce than paper from virgin pulp.
- 120: the number of tons of steel saved if every UK office worker used one less staple a day.
- 8 billion: the number of gallons of gas saved if every commuter car in the U.S. carried just one more person.


























