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Each American uses an average of 2,200 two-ply napkins a year, according to Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M. Kostigen, authors of The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet (2007, Random House). The National Resources Defense Council offers a different, but no less reassuring perspective: If every household in the United States replaced just one package of 250-count virgin-fiber napkins with 100 percent recycled ones, 1 million trees would be spared from the chopping block.
To reduce waste-and deforestation-consider setting the dinner table with elegant cloth napkins, in lieu of their disposable counterparts. To prevent a surge in laundry, suggests the April 2008 issue Body + Soul, assign each family member a unique napkin ring or particular napkin color. That way, everyone holds on to their gently used cloths for about a week, barring accidents and spaghetti dinners, of course.
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