[b] Office paper produces 0.53 metric tons
of carbon equivalent (MTCE) per ton of paper,
according to the USA EPA report Greenhouse
Gas Emissions From Management of Selected
Materials in Municipal Solid Waste, 1998,
p26, here.
This amount is equal to 1.9 metric tons
of CO2. The Environmental Energy Technologies
Division of the U.S. Department of Energy
indicate that there are about 220,000 paper
sheets in a ton: http://eetd.lbl.gov/paper/ideas/html/copyfactsM.htm.
[c] According to the Environmental Energy
Technologies Division of the U.S. Department
of Energy, the manufacturing cost of virgin
office paper is 17 Watt hours:
http://eetd.lbl.gov/paper/ideas/html/issues.htm.
[d] According to the Environmental Energy
Technologies Division of the U.S. Department
of Energy, the manufacturing cost of 100%
recycled office paper is 12 Watt hours: http://eetd.lbl.gov/paper/ideas/html/issues.htm.