Overview
Paper remains the dominant and essential vehicle of modern communications. In addition to such traditional products as newspapers, books, magazines, and writing paper, a new world of mail order catalogs, marketing and promotional materials, and household papers has developed in recent years. In addition, far from ushering in a paperless office, the advent of computers and other electronic equipment has fueled paper demand. By one estimate, personal computers alone account for 115 billion sheets of paper per year worldwide [1]. Communications, however, makes up less than half of the world
