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This article discusses the issues surrounding paper as of August 2005. When the computer age came, it was said that paper would be obsolete, creating paperless offices. This concept was fruitless as the demand for paper continued to rise. Paper is everywhere, from magazines to tickets, playing an important part in daily life. As the demand for paper rises, so does the number of trees cut down, despite the increase in the popularity of recycling. Paper companies have even been vilified by environmental activists, who accused them of being perpetrators of forest crimes. INSET: Definitions.