FACTS ON WOOD CONSUMPTION

·Where it goes

Wood produces an estimated 5000 commercial products that sell for tens of billions of dollars each year!

WOOD USAGE

5% Other

28% Paper 49%

Pulp Lumber/

Plywood

18% Fuel

Wood

-Old growth is used in 15% of lumber products and 5% of paper. The rest comes from secondary forests and tree farms.

·Jobs

Forestry employs approximately 1.5 million people in the United States.

·Paper consumption

The average American uses more than 700 pounds per year of paper, less than 1/3 is recycled paper. (40% of US garbage is paper and paper products)

Paper consumption has grown 30% since 1970.

Over 95% of paper in the US is made from wood (91% worldwide).