How much standard newsprint is made from one normal tree-farm 
tree?  Or, to put it another way, how many trees does it take to 
manufacture one ton of newsprint?

Reputable/scientific sources cited would be preferable if 
possible, as the few stats I've seen on this over the years have 
seemed contradictory or misleading.

(Also, bonus question: Are there any sources for 100% recycled
industrial rolls of newsprint in the Pacific Northwest?)

Thanks in advance to anyone who might want to answer!

Hello.

It has been estimated that it takes about 12 trees to make a ton of
newsprint.

"Claudia Thompson, in her book Recycled Papers: The Essential Guide
(Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1992), reports on an estimate calculated by
Tom Soder, then a graduate student in the Pulp and Paper Technology
Program at the University of Maine. He calculated that, based on a
mixture of softwoods and hardwoods 40 feet tall and 6-8" in diameter,
it would take a rough average of 24 trees to produce a ton of printing
and writing paper, using the kraft chemical (freesheet) pulping
process. If we assume that the groundwood process is about twice as
efficient in using trees, then we can estimate that it takes about 12
trees to make a ton of groundwood and newsprint. (The number will vary
somewhat because there often is more fiber in newsprint than in office
paper, and there are several different ways of making this type of
paper.)....
1 ton of 100% virgin (non-recycled) newsprint uses 12 trees"
sources:
recycledproducts.org
http://www.recycledproducts.org/treecalculation.html
Conservatree
http://www.conservatree.com/learn/Enviro_Issues/TreeStats.shtml

Also see:

"Using recycled newsprint will save 12 trees for every ton newsprint
used."
http://textonly.mde.state.md.us/Programs/LandPrograms/Recyling/index.asp

"How Much Paper Can Be Made from a Tree?"
http://www.tappi.org/paperu/all_about_paper/earth_answers/EarthAnswers_HowMuch.pdf

North Carolina State University: SAVE A TREE--RECYCLE
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/robeson/edcolumn/080901.html

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The Environmental Protection Agency has a list of manufacturers of
recycled newsprint.
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/procure/availist/ascii/newsprin.txt

Two are located in the Pacific Northwest:

North Pacific Paper
P.O. Box 2069
Longview, WA 98632
Contact: Don Havens
Phone: 800 426-0866
Fax: 360 423-1514

Fletcher Challenge Canada, Ltd.
700 West Georgia Street
P.O. Box 10058
Pacific Center
Vancouver, BC V7Y 1S7
Canada
Contact: Peter Tynne
Phone: 250 287-5414
Fax: 604 654-4911

There's also one in California:

Smurfit Newsprint Corporation
P.O. Box 2364
Pomona, CA 91769
Contact: Ron Osberg
Phone: 909 623-6601
Fax: 909 397-8355
Source: EPA.gov
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/procure/availist/ascii/newsprin.txt

Also, you might get in touch with SP Newsprint in Newberg, Oregon.
"The Newberg, Oregon mill produces recycled content newsprint"
http://www.spnewsprint.com/history.htm
Contact information:
Pacific Region Offices
P.O. Box 70
1301 Wynooski Street
Newberg, OR 97132
503-538-2151 (phone)
503-537-6322 (fax)
http://www.spnewsprint.com/Locations.htm

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search strategy:
"many trees", tons, newsprint
recycled newsprint, manufacturer, manufacturers

I hope this helps.

Thank you, very helpful!

Thank you for the tip.
-juggler