Paper one-use products can be made from wood and vegetable pulp. It breaks down back into a soil state. Trees and plants are renewable resources. There are many enormous tree farms in the south, where acreage is arranged by trees in varied stages, readying for harvesting.
Quality paper is not made from trees, but from plants like cotton.
Of course, plastic itself is recyclable. Just recycle it instead of filling up landfills, or allowing Asian countries to toss it en masse into the Pacific Ocean.
