“There is no way the planet can sustain additional demand from companies attempting to substitute their single-use plastic packaging with paper or cardboard.”
Easiest solution, and I’m always surprised it hasn’t caught on, is bamboo. Fast growing perennial. Can be used in so many things. I have bamboo toilet paper in my 3 bathrooms right now and we sleep on bamboo sheets. Not because I’m some super environmentalist, I like bamboo.