Most of the conifer trees grown in plantations (tree farms) are used to make paper. Paper is made by squashing, mixing and drying small wood fibres. You can see the tiny fibres when you tear a piece of paper.
Wood chips are made into paper at a paper mill.
Paper is made at a factory called a paper mill. At the paper mill, logs are cut up into small wood chips. They are then squashed and pulped in machines until the wood is soft and spongy. The pulp is then mixed with chemicals to make a wet sludge.
Paper is made into huge rolls.
The wood fibres in the sludge are squashed together and pressed into thin sheets of paper. Rollers squeeze out the water and the paper is dried and wound onto huge reels ready for use.
There are many different kinds of paper
Wood pulp is made into many different kinds of paper, card and cardboard. Paper can be coloured with dye and made into different textures. Some paper is soft and can easily tear. It is used to make tissues and napkins. Cardboard is strong, thick and stiff and is made into boxes.
