Interesting facts about toilet paper usuage found at http://www.toiletpaperworld.com/tpw/encyclopedia/navigation/funfacts.htm

"The pentagon uses, on average, about 666 rolls of toilet paper every day."

Approximately 5.8 million tons of tissue grades, consisting of toilet and facial tissue, paper napkins, towels, diapers, and various other sanitary products are produced in the U.S. annually.

By Recycling 1 ton of paper you save:

• 17 trees
• 6953 gallons of water
• 463 gallons of oil
• 587 pounds of air pollution
• 3.06 cubic yards of landfill space
• 4077 Kilowatt hours of energy

>> How is toilet paper ranked in popularity among mass merchandisers? <<

Across the food, drug and mass merchandiser outlets, bathroom tissue is ranked third among all non-food product categories. (Bathroom Tissue State of the Category) *Mass merchandisers, in particular, have aggressively promoted larger package sizes of leading premium brands to capture a share of the $4.1 billion bath tissue category. (Bathroom Tissue State of the Category)

>> How many days does the standard roll of toilet paper last in a household bathroom? <<

The number of days a standard roll of bath tissue usually lasts in the most-used bathrooms in the house is five, according to Charmin customers.

>> What is the average number of toilet tissue sheets a person uses in one day? <<

On average, consumers use 8.6 sheets per trip - a total of 57 sheets per day. That's an annual total of 20,805 sheets. (Charmin)

>> How many consumer products will one cord of wood yield? <<

*1,000 pounds of toilet paper

>> Does using and producing recycled paper help save our natural resources? <<

In the early 1970s, an EPA study for Congress concluded that using one ton of 100% recycled paper saves 4,100 kwh of energy (enough to power the average home for six months) and 7,000 gallons of water. It also keeps more than 60 pounds of pollution out of the air and saves 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space, which is increasingly important as many local landfills near their capacity. Paper industry representatives have actually estimated that one ton of recycled paper saves approximately 17 trees.

>>How much money does the paper product industry generate each year? <<

The forest and paper products industry generates $200 billion in sales annually, and is a chief exporter for the United States.

>> How much of the world's trees are cut down for paper manufacturing? <<

Paper manufacturing accounts for 28% of all of the trees that are cut down. More trees are planted every year than are chopped down. On an average, when a tree is harvested for making paper, five more are planted in its place.

>> How many paper mills exist in the United States? <<

There are more than 500 paper mills in the United States.