The paper industry argues that recycling paper and managed tree growth make using paper cheaper and easier on the environment than the cost of recycling computer components.

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The Picnic room features a sizable picnic table, astroturf, and a paper-mache tree that was fashioned out of an air duct.

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And for those with sensitive skin, an environmental conscience, or both, "tree free" toilet paper made from cotton linters is now available.

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Handmade from the tough bark of the Tara Wing-Celtis or Blue Sandalwood tree and rice straw, Xuan paper is known for its strong, smooth surface, its ability to absorb water and moisten ink, and fold repeatedly without breaking.

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But Audubon told his share of whoppers too: in a serious paper he described to rapt British scientists how American rattlesnakes could hop from tree to tree after their prey a claim that was later retracted.

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