有關(guān)美國(guó)造紙的一些數(shù)據(jù)，雖然有些數(shù)據(jù)看著無(wú)聊，了解些知識(shí)和數(shù)據(jù)也是極好的（有些數(shù)據(jù)有些舊）

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(guó)是世界第一個(gè)手工造紙的國(guó)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(lái)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(jì)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(guó)人那里了解了其生產(chǎn)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(zhǔn)備提取和準(zhǔn)備樹木纖維用來(lái)造紙的機(jī)器叫荷蘭式打漿機(jī)

7. Recycling one ton of paper saves 17 trees!

回用1噸紙可以節(jié)約17棵樹

8. In 1999 average American came in contact with approximately 354 kg of paper.

1999年每個(gè)美國(guó)人會(huì)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(guó)菲尼克斯城，每年會(huì)收集10萬(wàn)噸的回收原料，其中75%是紙

10. Toilet paper started being produced in late 9th century China.

薄頁(yè)紙是在9世紀(jì)晚期的中國(guó)開始生產(chǎn)的

11. Use of paper is growing with each passing year.

紙張的使用過去每年都在增長(zhǎng)

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(yè)木材生產(chǎn)是紙張生產(chǎn)

14. 37% of US paper pulp comes from recycled paper.

37%美國(guó)紙張的漿來(lái)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(guó)，造紙工業(yè)是溫室氣體排放第四大貢獻(xiàn)者

16. In the last 200 years, 50% of Earth’s forests were cleared or burned.

過去200年來(lái)，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(guó)人購(gòu)買6.2億份報(bào)紙，4.4億份被扔掉

18. During its lifetime, one American citizen uses 465 trees for its paper needs.

美國(guó)居民在一生中，會(huì)用掉465棵樹來(lái)滿足其對(duì)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(guó)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(xiàn)在1804年