Renewability:  Built into every tree we plant

Many of the things which we extract from the earth are not replaceable. We can’t “grow” gold to replace what we’ve mined anymore than we can extract new oil once we’ve exhausted a well. Fortunately, this cannot be said of the wood fiber from which paperboard packaging is made. Virtually all virgin paperboard consumed in the United States today comes from “tree farms” where trees are planted, harvested and replanted specifically to be converted into paperboard.

Just the Facts

Trees are the most powerful concentrators of carbon on Earth.

One acre of forest absorbs six tons of carbon dioxide and puts out four tons of oxygen. (U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Young trees, like those used to make paperboard packaging, soak up more CO₂ than older ones.

Harvesting trees while they are still young and replacing them with seedlings ensures the highest amount of CO₂ absorption, now and in the future.

Trees used in the manufacture of paperboard packaging are grown on farms, like vegetables. No rainforest trees are used.

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