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80%
of all papers filed are never looked at again. |
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The
average American receives 49,060 pieces of mail in their
lifetime; one third of it is junk mail. |
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Americans
produce half the world's waste. In one day, we generate
enough trash to fill the New Orleans Superdome — twice
. |
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The
average American buys 668 books and 9,000 magazines in their
lifetime. That is equivalent to a small-town library in
the U.S. |
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Experts
say 80% of household congestion is the result of disorganization
rather than insufficient space. |
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Cleaning
professionals say getting rid of excess
clutter would eliminate 40% of the housework in an average
home. |
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We
wear 20% of our clothes 80% of the time
(Calgary Herald). |
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50%
of homeowners rate the garage as the most disorganized place
in the house. |
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Americans
burn 55 minutes a day looking for things they know they
own but can't find (Newsweek). |
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Americans
waste more than 9 billion hours each year looking for lost
and misplaced items (Ottawa Citizen). |
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The
average executive wastes 150 hours each year looking for
lost or misplaced documents (Ottawa Citizen). |
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The
average American desk worker has 36 hours of work on their
desk and will spend three hours sorting piles looking for
their next project. |
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The
average office has 19 copies of the same document (USA
Today). |
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50%
of all filed material going into storage has no retention
value and should have been destroyed. |
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Secretaries
estimate 20% of their time is spent on filing and retrieving.
That is equivalent to one work day each week. |
