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

Somewhat/mainly however you wanna see it because of these 2 monsters to society

William Randolph Hearst and
Harry Anslinger

Both were owners and profiteers of the tree paper industry and would lose their pockets if hemp became the norm back then.

As for modern day times it’s the same issue, there’s too many people that stand to lose too much if we switched to the hemp or bamboo alternative.

Slowly but surely we will make the switch.