有关美国造纸的一些数据，虽然有些数据看着无聊，了解些知识和数据也是极好的（有些数据有些旧
）
1. Crumpled Ball of Colored Paper
皱巴巴的彩纸
2. Chinese were the first nation in the world who started producing paper by hand. This happened almost 2000 years ago.
中国是世界第一个手工造纸的国家，几乎在2000年前就有
3. Oldest surviving trace of papyrus comes from 3000 BC Egypt.
纸莎草存活最早的线索来自3000年前的埃及
4. Watermarks on paper were first used in 13th century Italy.
在纸张上印水印第一次是在13世纪的意大利
5. Paper came to Europe via Arab traders who learned its secrets from the Chinese.
纸张是通过从中国人那里了解了其生产秘密的阿拉伯商人传到欧洲的
6. Machine that extracts and prepares tree fibers for papermaking is called Hollander.
准备提取和准备树木纤维用来造纸的机器叫荷兰式打浆机
7. Recycling one ton of paper saves 17 trees!
回用1吨纸可以节约17棵树
8. In 1999 average American came in contact with approximately 354 kg of paper.
1999年每个美国人会接触354公斤的纸
9. City of Phoenix, USA, manages to collect around 100 thousand tons of recycled material per year, and 75% of it is paper.
美国菲尼克斯城，每年会收集10万吨的回收原料，其中75%是纸
10. Toilet paper started being produced in late 9th century China.
薄页纸是在9世纪晚期的中国开始生产的
11. Use of paper is growing with each passing year.
纸张的使用过去每年都在增长
12. The oldest European document written on paper comes from 1109.
最早写在纸张上的欧洲公文是1109年
13. 42% of industrial wood industry is dedicated to paper production.
42%的工业木材生产是纸张生产
14. 37% of US paper pulp comes from recycled paper.
37%美国纸张的浆来源是回收废纸
15. Paper industry is the 4th largest contributor of the greenhouse gas emissions in the US.
在美国，造纸工业是温室气体排放第四大贡献者
16. In the last 200 years, 50% of Earth’s forests were cleared or burned.
过去200年来，地球上50%的森林被砍伐掉或烧掉
17. Every day Americans buy around 62 million newspapers and throw out around 44 million of them.
每天美国人购买6.2亿份报纸，4.4亿份被扔掉
18. During its lifetime, one American citizen uses 465 trees for its paper needs.
美国居民在一生中，会用掉465棵树来满足其对纸张的需求
19. Around 73% of every landfill is paper and cardboard boxes.
垃圾填埋的约73%是纸张和纸箱
20. First American paper mill was established in 1690.
第一家美国造纸厂是1690年建的
21. First book that was printed from an industrially made paper was produced in 1804.
在纸张印刷的第一本书出现在1804年
