有關美國造紙的一些數據，雖然有些數據看著無聊，了解些知識和數據也是極好的（有些數據有些舊
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1. Crumpled Ball of Colored Paper
皺巴巴的彩紙
2. Chinese were the first nation in the world who started producing paper by hand. This happened almost 2000 years ago.
中國是世界第一個手工造紙的國家，幾乎在2000年前就有
3. Oldest surviving trace of papyrus comes from 3000 BC Egypt.
紙莎草存活最早的線索來自3000年前的埃及
4. Watermarks on paper were first used in 13th century Italy.
在紙張上印水印第一次是在13世紀的意大利
5. Paper came to Europe via Arab traders who learned its secrets from the Chinese.
紙張是通過從中國人那里了解了其生產秘密的阿拉伯商人傳到歐洲的
6. Machine that extracts and prepares tree fibers for papermaking is called Hollander.
準備提取和準備樹木纖維用來造紙的機器叫荷蘭式打漿機
7. Recycling one ton of paper saves 17 trees!
回用1噸紙可以節約17棵樹
8. In 1999 average American came in contact with approximately 354 kg of paper.
1999年每個美國人會接觸354公斤的紙
9. City of Phoenix, USA, manages to collect around 100 thousand tons of recycled material per year, and 75% of it is paper.
美國菲尼克斯城，每年會收集10萬噸的回收原料，其中75%是紙
10. Toilet paper started being produced in late 9th century China.
薄頁紙是在9世紀晚期的中國開始生產的
11. Use of paper is growing with each passing year.
紙張的使用過去每年都在增長
12. The oldest European document written on paper comes from 1109.
最早寫在紙張上的歐洲公文是1109年
13. 42% of industrial wood industry is dedicated to paper production.
42%的工業木材生產是紙張生產
14. 37% of US paper pulp comes from recycled paper.
37%美國紙張的漿來源是回收廢紙
15. Paper industry is the 4th largest contributor of the greenhouse gas emissions in the US.
在美國，造紙工業是溫室氣體排放第四大貢獻者
16. In the last 200 years, 50% of Earth’s forests were cleared or burned.
過去200年來，地球上50%的森林被砍伐掉或燒掉
17. Every day Americans buy around 62 million newspapers and throw out around 44 million of them.
每天美國人購買6.2億份報紙，4.4億份被扔掉
18. During its lifetime, one American citizen uses 465 trees for its paper needs.
美國居民在一生中，會用掉465棵樹來滿足其對紙張的需求
19. Around 73% of every landfill is paper and cardboard boxes.
垃圾填埋的約73%是紙張和紙箱
20. First American paper mill was established in 1690.
第一家美國造紙廠是1690年建的
21. First book that was printed from an industrially made paper was produced in 1804.
在紙張印刷的第一本書出現在1804年
