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Joe Hopkins is the president of Toledo Manufacturing Company in Folkston, GA.
COURTESY OF FOREST LANDOWNERS ASSOCIATION
Forecast
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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Packaging Household/Sanitary Printing/Writing Other Newsprint
CONTRIBUTING TO DEMAND FOR PULPWOOD
While the use of newsprint continues to decline, pulpwood markets are holding steady because of linerboard demand, which is good news for forest landowners. (Data Sources: FAO, Forisk Consulting)
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E-Commerce
By the Numbers
152
cardboard boxes (12" x 12") can be made from one tree1
35
MILLION
tons of new containerboard are produced in
the U.S. each year2
3.5
BILLION
packages are handled by IKEA each year3
BIL5LION items were shipped by Amazon in 20174
1) On Demand Packaging. How many cardboard boxes can you get out of one tree? April 22, 2015.
Web: www.packsize.com/how-many-boxes- can-you-get-out-of-one-tree 2) How Stuff Works. Has online shopping changed how much cardboard we use? Sep. 27, 2017. Web: https:// science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/ green-science/online-shopping-cardboard- consumption-industry-amazon.htm 3) Quartz. The world’s largest furniture company built its
empire on cardboard. Web: https://qz.com/ se/perfect-company-2/1148962/the-worlds- largest-furniture-company-built-its-empire-on- cardboard 4) The Verge. Amazon shipped over 5 billion items worldwide through Prime in 2017. Web: www.theverge.com/2018/1/2/16841786/amazon- prime-2017-users-ship-five-billion
Production – Million Metric Tons