An average American will use how many trees for paper in their lifetime?

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Last updated Aug 27 2016.

zbeckabee
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An average American uses 465 trees to create a lifetime of paper.

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Response last updated by gtho4 on Aug 27 2016.
Aug 06 2006, 6:54 PM

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The average American uses seven trees a year in paper, wood, and other products made from trees. This amounts to about 2,000,000,000 trees per year.

Aug 06 2006, 4:57 PM