Why do companies based in paper products (toilet paper, paper towels, plates/bowls, etc) use trees for their products, instead of faster growing plants like bamboo or hemp?

Question

Using plants that grow quicker and use less water seems like a better business decision to me.

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Answer 1

In some cases they do, it’s just that fir many years hemp was banned because it was often difficult to tell the bulk crop from cannabis.

As to bamboo, until recent advances in fibre treatment I’m led to understand that bamboo paper would be quite irritating to use.