What are the environmental benefits of pulp?
Cellulose is the major part of all plants, including trees. As long as trees grow, cellulose fiber products are renewable. In fact, we monitor the ratio of trees planted to trees harvested to make sure that there’s more wood coming into the world than there is wood being converted into other uses. Unlike the plastics that have populated our lives over the past three decades, cellulose fibers are not petroleum-based. And once our products fulfill their mission, they are biodegradable. Recycling is a big part of life today. Fiber-based products can be used again and again-many products on the market have already experienced one lifecycle as office paper, boxes, or wrapping paper and are now returning to bring new value to the consumer. The process of creating pulp is also environmentally sound. None of the wood by-products go to waste. The tree is cut to optimal sizes for lumber to build houses. The unused residual wood from the sawmill is sent on to the pulp mill to make cellulose fiber
