to make lumber and plywood, there are leftover chips, bark sawdust. The chips and sawdust are made into wood pulp for paper and other products. Not too long ago, those leftovers would have been burned as waste. Bark is used for landscaping, and to generate electricity for paper and lumber mills. Modern forest products operations are very efficient at using every part of a tree. Nothing is wasted.

is made of tiny fibers (cellulose) and the natural glue that holds them together (lignin). When wood is turned into pulp for paper, heat and chemicals dissolve the lignin and release the cellulose fibers. Byproducts of this process are used in asphalt, paint, chewing gum, detergents and turpentine.

is used for paper and much, much more. It is a principle part of melamine dinnerware, toilet seats, tool handles and cellophane. It is also used to produce helmets, toothbrushes and electrical outlets. Other refined cellulose products include rayon fabric, and nitrocellulose which is used to make nail polish, solid rocket fuel and industrial explosives.

are used for many different things, ranging from cleaning compounds, deodorants and hair spray, to artificial vanilla flavoring, medicines and cosmetics. Torula yeast, produced from wood sugars separated in the pulping process, is a high-protein product used in baby foods, cereals, imitation bacon, pet foods and baked goods.

(chemicals from trees) are so much a part of our civilization that we take them for granted. But they wouldn't exist without wood and wood products. Trees are truly a miracle resource!
Below are just a few of the thousands of products we get from trees.

dye oxygen piano keys rayon - books fishing floats - inks telephone books varnish - atlases and maps price tags - ping pong balls tires - umbrella handles -signs automobile instrument panels space craft reentry shields - newspaper photographic film - newspapers - posters football helmets - toilet seats - guitars road building materials - insulation

shatterproof glass - artificial vanilla flavoring cork - vacuum cleaner bags - movies - stadium seats adhesives - decorations - turpentine - camphor - waxes fireworks - crayons - tannin - charcoal - pine oil - pitch musical instruments - perches for birds of prey - toilet paper milk cartons - flooring - bark for landscaping - cardboard grocery bags - furniture - chewing gum - paper towels oil spill control agents - Christmas trees - hockey sticks wildlife habitat - cosmetics - roofs - baby foods - cider - vitamins cooking utensils - photographic film - lacquer - pallets - rubber gloves

buttons - cutting boards benches - bird houses stereo speakers garden stakes stairways - beds tables - barrels window frames bulletin boards linoleum - seesaws fishing boats - billboards disposable medical clothing church pews - totem poles - desks How many other tree products can you list?