Post #788152 by AceExplorer on Sat, Jun 30, 2018 4:51 AM

On 2018-06-29 20:19, Pelorus wrote:
Not giving up the paper umbrellas. Sorry Earth.

No worries if they're made in the US. I live in a huge pulp, paper, and cardboard producing region of the county. We have millions of acres of pine trees grown to make paper and other wood products. Every tree which is cut down to make something generates a new order to plant a new tree in its place. Paper product raw materials are renewable. That's how the mills stay in business over the long term. Sure, making things from trees takes energy, just like making things out of plastic does. But the raw materials are re-planted and re-grown to be harvested over something like a 15 or 20 year cycle.

But, realistically, paper umbrellas are very likely made overseas where the same practices are not necessarily employed. Now I feel stupid for posting this. Ha...