WHAT ARE FOREST BIOPRODUCTS?
Bioproducts are fuels, chemicals, raw materials made from resources often called “biomass” (organic matter available on a renewable basis). Instead of depending on the planet’s limited supply of nonrenewable resources (petroleum and coal), trees, plant material and organic wastes (biomass) are turned into electricity, fuels, plastics, chemicals, and consumer products. The biomass used in the manufacture of bioproducts provides an alternative to the use of petroleum and petrochemicals.
