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U.S. forests suffer from product packaging »

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Every year millions of acres of forests in the southern United States are cut to fuel the pulp and paper industry. Nearly 25 percent of this demand comes from paper packaging. Nationwide the United States lost an average of 831 square miles (531,771 acres) of old-growth forest per year according to official figures.

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  • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)hoylelisa
    hoylelisa
    Feb. 16, 2007, 11:08 a.m.

    There should be no reason for them to not cut down on the paper,cardboard ect. packaging. I dont know anyone who buys products for the pretty box or wrapper it comes in that is ridiculous.Its simple if the product works we will buy it no matter how its packaged.

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