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Paper - It’s a Piece of Our Lives!
Where would we be without it? Did you know that there are more than
5,000 products made from paper and papermaking by-products?
In the U.S., most paper is made from trees, and because wood
is a renewable resource which is wisely managed by U.S. timber
companies, we will always have plenty of trees - and paper - for future
generations to enjoy.
How much paper is in One Tree?
 It really all depends on the size of the tree. According to paper
manufacturer Boise Cascade, however, a cord of wood (wood stacked
4 feet by 4 feet by 8 feet, or 128 cubic feet) produces nearly 90,000
sheets of paper or 2,700 copies of a 35-page newspaper.
Paper making uses up vast quantities of trees that is true, but trees
are a renewable resource, which means that once one is cut down papewr
another can be planted in its place. In fact, much of the wood used by
paper companies in the U.S. comes from privately owned tree farms
where forests are planted, groomed and thinned for harvest in 20 to
35 year cycles, depending on the tree species. Around the world, tree
farms supply 16% of all wood used in the paper industry while the bulk
comes from second growth forests. Only 9% of the wood used to make
paper is harvested from old growth forests, which are impossible to
replace because of their maturity.
According to the Worldwatch Institute, recycling efforts around the
world recovered about 110 million tons, or 43%, of all paper used.
About 45% of all paper in the United States was kept out of landfills in
1998 and almost all paper makers in the U.S. substitute some recycled
paper for virgin wood in the pulp making stage. Some paper mills rely
on recycled waste as their primary source of raw material.
We couldn’t live without paper.
Here are some items you use everyday made
with or from paper products.
baking cups
bibs
carpeting & upholstery
backsiding*
cellulose sponges*
cereal & other
dried-food boxes
chewing gum*
coasters
coffee filters
combs & brush handles*
coupons
disposable diapers
doilies
drinking straws
egg cartons
emery boards
fabric softener*
facial & toilet tissue
food thickeners*
furniture polish*
grease-proof paper
grocery bags
ice cream containers
imitation leather*
ink*
labels for canned &
bottled goods
lamp shades
lipstick & other
cosmetics*
liquid soap*
luggage
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magazines, catalogs, &
newspapers
microwave-food
containers
milk cartons
napkins
paint & varnish*
paper plates & cups
paper towels
pine oil & other
household cleaners*
pizza boxes
place mats
popcorn bags
rayon clothing*
sausage casings*
shampoo thickeners*
shoe boxes
shoe polish*
suntan lotion*
tablecloths
tea bags
tool handles*
tooth brush handles*
toothpaste*
turpentine*
vacuum cleaner bags
wallpaper
waxed paper
wicker furniture
from twisted paper
window shades
wrapping paper |
*these products are made from cellulose,
oils, and resins, the natural wood
chemicals which are byproducts of
the papermaking process.
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