Paper-based goods: paper bags in shops, the paper cups and paper to-go boxes in the dining commons, tissues, toilet paper, and paper towels. These objects are designed to be disposable; they can rarely withstand a second use as they begin to disintegrate after the first. They are marketed as convenient and hygienic. Hygienic objects are meant to be disposed of, it is only hygienic if it is away from us. It becomes unhygieniconce it is used.

Where did she come from, where did she go: According to Statista, “the United States imported 3.28 million metric tons of packaging paper and paperboard in 2021.” The graph, also from Statista, shows the “production volume of paper and paperboard in selected countries worldwide in 2010 and 2021”. As shown in the infographic, landfills are largely filled with paper and paper products.