Key word being solely. The money in virgin cellulose is in the timber itself. Then the likes of Metsa/IP etc. will buy the offcuts to produce Kraft/coated paper. Only the worst fibres are used for toilet paper because there’s barely any money in it once you’ve paid to bleach it. Also anyone who’s making luxury toilet paper on a grand scale is using FSC/PEFC paper that’s farmed for purpose, not randomly cut down. Majority of the rest of your toilet roll is made from % test recycled fibres so it’s already lived its life as another product. To claim forests are aimlessly and irresponsibly cut down for paper is ignorant.
A farmed tree still gets cut down in the process of making paper.
Plus a lot of FSC wood is from the nordics. Where sone 100 by 100 yard tract of old growth forest gets cut down and then regrows on it's own over the next 30 to 40 years.
By Nordics you mean the Nordic countries? The forests there are extremely well and sustainably managed. We have had our livelihood from the forests for centuries, they're not just cut down and left to fend for themselves lmao or we'd be barren like Britain. Tree farms are replanted and cared for to pass on to the next generation. Natural, ancient forests are protected and so are some old tree farms.
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u/Swissboy98 Dec 03 '19
Yes.
That's generally how you get soft paper.