For one thing, paper mills consume vast quantities of water —250 tons per ton of wood pulp! As the Britannica 1983 Yearbook of Science and the Future puts it, 'A large paper mill uses as much water per day as a city of 50,000 inhabitants'! Then there is the problem of what to do with wastepaper.
Paper—That Versatile Product! — Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY
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