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I have yet to see a decent gunstock come out of a pulpwood tree farm. But if you really want cheap pulp, grow hemp instead of hybrid cottonwoods. (that's gonna open up a can o' worms) Seriously though you are correct, there's lots of pulp tree farms here in Oregon. It must be economically easier to use recycled newspaper though, otherwise there wouldn't be a decent market for it.

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It must be economically easier to use recycled newspaper though, otherwise there wouldn't be a decent market for it.

Recycled paper has value but in many cases that value is less than differential cost of collecting it versus throwing it out.

If the only labor required to recycle a ton of newspapers is picking up a pallet with a fork truck and dropping the contents on a conveyor, it's economically worthwhile. If it means going through the contents of a recycling bin to pull out newspapers that are contaminated with other stuff, it's not.