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TREES INTO CARTONS • CARTONS INTO TREES

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!

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 CO 2 photosynthesis breathing Oxygen O 2

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 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 Å 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 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 let’s go and plant a tree!