How Much Pieces Of Paper Make Up An Average Sized Oak Tree?

Question

I was wondering how many pieces of paper make up an averaged sized oak tree. I have a lot of things on my mine, this is one of my concerns.

Answer 1

Oak is not generally used for paper. Oak and other hardwoods would be used for construction: hardwood flooring, moldings, millwork, etc. Pine grows faster and is used to make paper, cardboard, etc.

Answer 2

Hardwood can be made into paper. Fine, delicate papers. Pine, spruce, and fir are made into more sturdy papers because they have longer fibers.

So it depends on the type of paper. The other main component to paper is made of various types of clay. The more shinny the paper is, the more clay content it has. So if you calculated the volume of your tree, it could make a greater volume of paper. But probably not, there will be some waste. It's not a simple question to answer.

Answer 3

I would be thinking of how i could get more paper out of a pine tree, or more paper per year per acre, or simply how I could use less paper, or how I could help other people use less paper, or recycle more paper etc. etc.

Don't waste your brainpower!

Answer 4

Paper comes from pine or fir trees about 95% of the time.  These days less than half the paper on the market doesn't incorporate some sort of recycling element, but there is still "virgin" paper on the market, so the numbers below are pulled from that data.

One tree produces about 16.67 reams of paper or about 8,335 sheets of standard business paper.  One ream (500 sheets) uses about 6% of a standard "paper" tree.

The process of making paper dates back about 1,900 years to China.

Answer 5

Oak trees are not made of paper.

They grow from the ground.

Answer 6

Probably more than you will ever use in a lifetime!!