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A new report suggests many paper towel brands Canadians use are cut from the boreal forest.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Where do people think that non recycled paper comes from?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I thought it primarily came from farms and managed forests.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

In some places it might. And i guess in a sense all forests are managed....

But yeah paper comes from trees. Trees grow in forests. Sawmills sell a lot of their chips and sawdust to pulp mills.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm pretty sure (most of?) the patches of boreal forest in question are managed.

Boreal just means northern and not the coastal rainforests or something. Y'know, the trees we have an almost endless amount of.

[–] GreasyTengu 1 points 1 year ago

Its more economical to produce a low-value but high volume product as close to where its being used.

Were people thinking that their big bulky packs of toilet paper were being shipped by boat across the pacific from china? The shipping cost would wipe out any profits.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, there's a lot of trees up there, and they're the kind that grow back reasonably fast. We should hope that's where our paper is coming from.