If all U.S. newspapers were recycled, the country could save about 250,000,000 trees each year! Each ton of recycled paper can save 17 trees, 380 gallons of oil, three cubic yards of landfill space, 4000 kilowatts of energy, and 7000 gallons of water. This represents a 64% energy savings, a 58% water savings, and 60 pounds less air pollution! That’s because one tree can filter up to 60 pounds of pollutants from the air each year (source: http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2714&q=440320 )