It's no longer news that rising commodity costs (such as oil) have been making alternative commodity sources (say, like tar sands) increasingly cost-effective.

But it is news when the reverse happens.

A paper mill in the central Canadian province of Manitoba is no longer accepting paper for recycling because the price of newsprint has dropped so low that it's no longer cost effective to recycle.

Instead, the mill plans to simply cut down trees to make its paper.