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

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        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.

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        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.

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      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.

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      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.