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Recycling one ton of wood saves 18,000,000 BTUs (4,100/3 kWh) of heat energy, 1/3 tons of paper, 17/3 trees, 7,000/3 gallons of H2O, 272 pounds of of CO2 a year, 5/66 tons of Al, (240-320)/2,727 decibels of Noise pollution, 1 cubic yard of landfill space, a tree with a width of 4,000/8,181 yards, 2,800,300,000/3 lumen hours of light pollution, 2 pounds of VOC, 340 pounds of air pollution per year, 189/319 tons of coal, 20,000/3 gallons of water pollution, 2/75 acres of land pollution, gain almost 221/300 tons of O per year, 1,700 pounds of olives each year

Recycling one metric ton of wood saves 1/3 metric tons of paper, over 17/3 metric tons of CO2, 170 kilograms of air pollution per year, 5/66 metric tons of Al, 1,538,649/319 kWh of energy, 189/319 metric tons of coal, 1 kilogram of VOC, gain almost 221/300 metric tons of O per year, 850 kilograms of olives each year

Recycling one cubic foot of wood can save 156,250 btus of energy, 625/108 pounds of paper, 85/1,728 trees, 78,125/514 cubic feet of natural gas, 15/64 cubic feet of landfill space, 4,375/216 gallons (336,875/124,416 cubic feet) of H2O, gain almost 221/34,560 tons of O per year

Recycling one cubic meter of wood can save 78,125/514 cubic meters of natural gas, 5,078,125/3,084 kWh of energy, 15/64 cubic meters of landfill space, 336,875/124,416 cubic meters of H2O

Recycling one cord of wood can save 20,000,000 btus of energy

Recycling one cubic mile of wood saves 22,999,680,000,000,000 btus of energy, 78,125/514 cubic miles of natural gas, 15/64 cubic miles of landfill space

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