Little if any bleaching is needed. Uses the urban forest not virgin forest. The urban forest refers to the huge amount of waste paper that is thrown away. Production of useful products reduces waste and creates jobs. We must reduce flow of waste to landfills and incinerators .
Paper accounts for the largest share of solid waste in many industrial countries.
Solid waste has doubled in the U.S. since 1960. Between 1975 and 1997 recovered paper tripled. Despite good efforts, increased paper use is overwhelming gains made in recovery. We need to move away from ultra bright writing papers . Many recycled papers are downgraded into other products due to the brightness issue.