We don’t use 5,000 year old redwoods for making paper. Most paper is made from trees that were grown for that purpose. Good paper has a lot of clothe in it, not wood. Get real. What sane businessman would grind up wood that would sell for a fortune to turn into paper that sells for a pittance. I recently bought a piece of clear cedar for a shelf. Good quality was costing me about ten dollars a foot and it wasn’t even the expensive aromatic cedar.. Relax. Do the math.
Keep in mind that it is in the interests of the people who cut down trees to make sure that there are trees to cut down in the future. That means that they plant more than they cut. Think of it as a harvest with a long growing season. Wood is a renewable resource. The people who own the lumber companies have children and grandchildren. They want to pass something on to their heirs. They can’t do that if they destroy the trees and the areas they grow. It just is not good business. Even if you believe that all businessmen are greedy even you can see that they would not have much future if they did not nurture their source of money.
So relax. If there is no recycling bin near by, ball that paper up and put it in the trash.
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