Forest Products
Managed forests provide many of the products society uses and benefits from on a daily basis. Technological advances and innovation have created numerous opportunities to utilize wood based fibers.
Everywhere we turn, there is something we use that either directly or indirectly comes from the forest. Click on the images below to learn more.
Numerous products originate from trees. Our homes, furniture, musical instruments, toothpicks, and baseball bats, just to name a few.
Wood pulp is found in toilet paper, napkins, notebooks, paper bags, envelopes, building insulation, magazines, newspapers, diapers, many other paper products.
Electricity, heat, steam, renewable gasoline and diesel can all be produced from wood.
Probably the most well known food from Maine’s forests is maple syrup. But cellulose from trees can also be found in ice cream, grated cheese, salad dressings, and granola bars.
An economical source of heat, many homes use firewood as a supplemental source of heat and for ambiance on those cold winter nights.
Who doesn’t like the smell of a fresh cut Christmas Tree? Fir tips are used to produce a number of other products such as wreathes, candles, essential oils, soap, and other fir scented products.
Natural dyes, methanol, acetic acid, and ethanol are all examples of industrial chemicals and compounds that come from trees.
Chances are when you got dressed this morning, you put on something containing rayon. You guessed it, rayon is produced from wood.
Many of the products we use to enhance our appearance, such as cosmetics and other personal care products, contain cellulose or other additives from trees.