T R E E S I N T O C A RT O N S C A RT O N S I N T O T R E E S TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES What We Are Going to Learn? Why trees are good How paper and cartons are made
Why recycling is important TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES How do we tell the age of a tree? TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES
The oldest tree in the world! The oldest tree in the world! TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES
Trees are home to animals and insects Decomposing leaves fertilise the soil Roots and leaves clean the air Trees give us fruit and nuts to eat And we make lots of things from trees!
TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES How do Trees help us breathe? Carbon Dioxide CO2 photosynthesis
breathing Oxygen O2 TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES
Hard Wood & Soft Wood TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES Hard Wood & Soft Wood
Hardwood tree (Oak) Softwood tree (Fir) TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES What is made from Trees?
From branches From bark From pulp
From roots From roots From sap From stumps
TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES For every tree that is used 3 more are planted. Making sure our forests are growing. TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES
European Forests have been growing by over Forest area in Europe
is increasing not decreasing 1,500 Football Pitches every
day TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES How Trees become cartonboard TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES
The process of making paper starts with logging TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES The Logs are then loaded onto a lorry
TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES The mill transforms the trees
The mill transforms the trees into cartonboard into Cardboard TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES Making pulp
TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES The pulp is flattened into reels of cartonboard TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES The cartonboard is then dried and rolled onto huge reels
TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES The board is then printed using a printing press that can apply lots of different colours. TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES
A Die Cutting machine is used to cut the cartonboard to size and shape to create cartons and boxes TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES Finally the cartons are glued into shape
TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES Cartons are used to pack many types of different products TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES
Leftover cartonboard is collected TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES Paper & cartonboard can be recycled many times! Trees
Paper/cartonboard producer Paper/cartonboard produced Recycled paper/cartonboard reused in the process
Shops Consumer purchases Products manufactured
TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES By recycling our rubbish we can avoid more of this TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES What can be recycled?
TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES Can we recycle more? TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES
Recycling plastics TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES Cartonboard and paper are: Recyclable In Europe 82% of paper based
Packaging is sent for recycling Compared to less than 40% for plastics* Renewable More new trees are planted every year Biodegradable
*source: Eurostat TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES World Forest Coverage Net gain of forest
Current forest cover TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES The importance of Trees Harvest trees
Make paper and cartonboard Plant trees Use paper and cartonboard
Recycle TREES INTO CARTONS CARTONS INTO TREES Now lets go and plant a tree!
