If you're not keen on tree-based paper, or even recycled paper made from trees, there are plenty of alternatives in market - but you'll still need to hunt around.

Approximately one out of every three trees harvested today ends up as pulp for paper products and unfortunately trees from old growth forests are still often felled to meet the demand.

The United States has under five percent of the world's population, yet consumes more than thirty percent of the world's paper.

It's dis-encouraging that more forest managed timber is being used for paper products and recycled paper is thought of as the best alternative to tree pulp paper; but perhaps the way of the future is totally tree-free paper and blends - from other forms of waste and made from plants Banana, Sugar Cane, Hemp that grow incredibly fast, thrive in poor conditions and allow for a more resource friendly and less energy intensive method of paper production.