Eli5 why we use trees to produce paper.

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Everybody uses paper. Why are we waiting for trees to grow only to cut them down to produce paper? It takes an incredible amount of time for a tree to grow, whereas other plants grow faster, why not use those plants

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We don’t generally. Trees are cut down for timber. Cutting timber leaves literal tons of waste left overs which are only useful for a few things. It can be made into press board or engineered wood, bark chips, or can be used to make paper.

The large companies producing timber product such as Weyerhaeuser plant millions of fast growing trees to harvest on their land as well.

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