Find out how much cellulose is made by all the plants in the biosphere and compare it with how much of paper is manufactured by man and hence what is the consumption of plant material by man annually. What a loss of vegetation!
Find out how much cellulose is made by all the plants in the biosphere and compare it with how much of paper is manufactured by man and hence what is the consumption of plant material by man annually. What a loss of vegetation!
Approximately, 100 billion tonnes of cellulose are made per year by all the plants in the biosphere and it takes 17 full grown trees to make one ton of paper. Trees are also used to fulfil the other requirements of man such as for timber, food, medicines, etc. Hence, it is difficult to calculate the annual consumption of plant material by man. According to UN report of 2006 in 312 million tons of carbon is stored as biomass in plants. About 10% of the total available cellulose is used in making paper. This is a small figure compared to the total mass but this is a huge loss of vegetation.
Approximately, 100 billion tonnes of cellulose are made per year by all the plants in the biosphere and it takes 17 full grown trees to make one ton of paper. Trees are also used to fulfil the other requirements of man such as for timber, food, medicines, etc. Hence, it is difficult to calculate the annual consumption of plant material by man. According to UN report of 2006 in 312 million tons of carbon is stored as biomass in plants. About 10% of the total available cellulose is used in making paper. This is a small figure compared to the total mass but this is a huge loss of vegetation.
