When you throw away paper, it ends up in landfills, where it pollutes the environment. When you choose to recycle paper, you save the world from landfill pollution while also eliminating the need to cut down more trees for paper production. We can save energy and trees by recycling paper. Every ton of recycled paper saves 16 trees, and each ton of recycled paper saves more than 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space
