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Would there actually be more trees on Earth if we didn't use paper products?

Asked by Mariah (25883points) December 19th, 2014

Assumedly there are large chunks of land all over the Earth where trees are grown specifically for the purpose of eventually cutting them down to sell for making paper products. Also assumedly, this land would be used for something else, something more profitable, if we suddenly stopped using paper products. So would it actually be good for the Earth (in terms of number of trees) if we suddenly stopped using paper products? Not taking into account the effects of using whatever material we replaced paper products with.

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