Real-time environmental cost since you loaded this page
🧻 Each falling sheet represents 1,000 paper towels consumed in the US
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Paper Towels Used
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individual sheets
~13,000/sec in the US
Americans consume half the world's paper towels — 13 billion pounds per year.
Trees Cut Down
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trees killed
~4.3/sec in the US
135 million trees removed annually in the US for paper towels.
Water Consumed
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gallons
~694 gal/sec in the US
20,000 gallons of water needed per ton of paper towels produced in the US.
Landfill Waste
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lbs to landfills
~76.5 lbs/sec in the US
3,000 tons discarded daily. Cannot be recycled.
💡 One reusable cloth can replace 1,700 paper towels and cut your carbon footprint by 70-80%.