PICTURE a world where wood doesn't exist. What do you think it would look like?

Products Made from Wood-Derived Chemicals

(Processed products, not oils or latex, etc. Some cellulose products may derive from other cellulose sources such as cotton linters, depending on economics and manufacturer.)

• Textiles (Rayon, Tencelô)

• Cellulose acetate (wrapping and photo-graphic film)

• Cellulose nitrate (former composition of movie film, except that it was very flammable and unstable with age)

• Celluloid (rarely produced nowadays, except for guitar picks and pickguards, fountain pens, accordion cases, and ping-pong balls. Formerly used for costume jewelry, clocks, etc.)

• Cellulose acetate and cellulose nitrate are both used in adhesives and lacquers.

• CMC (carboxymethyl cellulose) is used as a food thickener and texturizer for products such as ketchup and ice cream (depending on manufacturer); also used to stabilize oil well drilling muds.

• Cellulose-based pill fillers

• Cellophane (wrapping material, also used for Easter basket grass!)

• Toothpaste additives (cellulose gum)

  Hardhats and sports helmets

• Cigarette filters (cellulose acetate fibers) Cellulose industrial filters

• Sausage casings

• Cellulose spongesArtificial vanilla flavoring (a by-product of Kraft process pulping)

• Cleaning compounds

• Chewing gum combines natural rubber (especially chicle, from the Sapodilla trees in Central and South America) with synthetic latexes to extend the natural latex supply. Other wood chemicals, such as rosin esters and terpenes, are also common ingredients.

• Additive to unfired ceramics to give them strength

• Fungicides Hair spray

• Cosmetics

• Methanol (used in colognes, solvents)

• Torula yeast (a food supplement) is grown on wood sugars and wood mineral nutrients leftover from pulping operations. This is used in baby foods, imitation bacon, cereals, baked goods, etc.

• Tannin (used in natural tanning process, less common than formerly)

• Carnauba wax is commonly used as a pill coating.

• Liquid SmokeÆ

• Linoleum (oxidized linseed oil mixed with pine resin and wood flour)

• Acetic acid (produced by distillation of wood)

• Biofuels from wood distillation Liquid nail polish

• Shaving cream (tea tree oil, camphor, etc., varies by manufacturer)

• Suntan lotion (e.g., almond oil (emollient); clove bud oil (scent); cocoa butter (emollient)

• Ink (incorporate tall oil rosins from hard pines)

• Tall oil fatty acids and derivatives are used as:

• PVC stabilizers Synthetic lubricants Polyamides Corrosion inhibitors Soaps

• Detergents Emulsifiers

• Rubber processing additives

• Asphalt additives Concrete additives Epoxy additives Plasticizers Metalworking chemicals Oil field chemicals

• Rosin-based adhesive products

  PAPER AND FLUFF PRODUCTS

• Computer and copy paper

• Book paper

• Envelopes

• Checkbooks

• Instruction manuals

• Packaging cards for blister-packed products

• Calendars

• Diplomas and Certificates

• Report cards

• Lamp shades

• Book covers

• Concert posters

• Identification badges

• Newsletters

• Recipe cards

• Condiment boxes

• Sugar and flour bags

• Bottle and jar labels

• Cereal boxes

• Shelf labels in grocery stores

• Adhesive-backed labels

• Frozen food boxes

• Construction paper

• Kraft paper (wrapping paper)

• Multi-wall sacks for pet foods

• Price tags Sandpaper

• Seed starter blocks Loudspeaker cones

• Origami paper

• Tea bags are usually not made from wood pulp ñ they are mostly made from abaca, also known as Manila hemp

• Tea bag labels are made of wood-based paper

• Cigarette papers and vacuum cleaner bags are made from hemp or flax fiber!

• Signs

• Ballpoint pens

• Electronics cases (televisions, calculators, computers)

• Loudspeakers

• Automobile parts (e.g., door panels)

• Packaging

• Trays

• Thermoformed products like gun cases

• Marine/Trailer flooring

• Wood-plastic composite lumber: Garden benches

• Picnic tables

• Planters

• Fencing

• Decking

• Receipts

• Menus

• Posterboard

• Baking cups

• Coupons

• US currency is not made from wood pulp

• Coffee filters

• Facial and bath tissue

• Packaging for facial and bath tissue (the boxes and wrappers)

• Napkins

• Sanitary and surgical absorbent products

• Disposable diapers

• Kites

• Catalogs

• Game boards

• Masking tape

• Crepe paper

• Birthday and Christmas wrapping paper

• Stickers

• Coloring books

• Flashlight battery labels

• Paper dolls

• Baseball cards

• Tracing paper

• Election ballots

• Milk cartons

• Egg cartons

• Postage stamps

• Paper towels

• Playing cards

• Building insulation, loose and in panel form

• Grocery Bags

• Paper Cups

• File Folders

• Post-It Notes

• DVD and VCR tape packaging

• Magazines

• Postcards

• Maps

• Fast food packaging

• Bible paper

• Wallpaper

• Tubes for bathroom tissue and paper towels

• Wax paper

• Confetti

• Admixture with sprayed-on grass seed

• Food additive

• Food texture enhancer

• Butcher paper

• Musical instrument cases

• Phone books

• Photographs

• Newspapers

• Tickets

• Business cards

• Roofing felt

• Ice cream containers

• Pizza boxes

• Disposable tablecloths

• Retail software boxes

• Corrugated cartons

• Ceiling tiles

• Absorbent socks for oil spills Absorbent liners for supermarket meat trays

• Stationery and notebook paper

• Marriage licenses, birth and death certificates and other civil documents

• Programs for events

• Fiber filler for plastics: Tool handles, Football helmets, Buttons, Eyeglass frames, Ball point pens, Electronic cases

• Melamine paper-faced board