Over 80 million student papers were submitted to Turnitin worldwide in 2012. But how much is 80 million papers anyway? The average length of each paper submission is three pages, which is 240 million sheets of paper. So to help put things in perspective, here's how things stack up:

Over 80 million student papers were submitted to Turnitin in 2012... Enough to save 3,000 trees if we went paperless.

Over 80 million student papers were submitted to Turnitin in 2012... Enough to cover 2700 football fields.
 

Over 80 million student papers were submitted to Turnitin in 2012... Enough to cover 2000 soccer fields.
 

If you stacked the 80 million student papers submitted to Turnitin in 2012... It would be taller than the world's 10 tallest skyscrapers... combined.
 

If you stacked the 80 million student papers submitted to Turnitin in 2012... It would reach the Earth's stratosphere.
 

If you stood on the stack of 80 million student papers submitted to Turnitin in 2012... It would be safe to use your approved electronic devices.
 
 

If you laid the 80 million student papers submitted to Turnitin in 2012 end-to-end... it could wrap around the Earth 1.67 times
 

What's the point?

Educators have a lot of writing assignments to deal with, and our Turnitin Teachers are no exception. But thanks to electronic submissions and online grading, we have reduced the environmental impact of the 240,000 pounds of paper we would have used. So resolve to do more in 2013 by requiring fewer hard copies and mark-up those papers with GradeMark—not only will you save paper, you'll also save time... and maybe your sanity as well.