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How The World’s Largest Paper Company Makes 1/3 of Cardboard Boxes In America

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15 QUESTIONSAUTOMATICALLY GRADED

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1What is the industrial term insiders use for what most people call "cardboard"?
2What material do papermakers want to keep from pine trees to make paper?
3More than 70% of used cardboard in the US gets recycled.
4How many times can cardboard fiber typically be recycled before it gets too weak?
5What does the wavy middle layer of corrugated packaging provide?
6What is done with leftover bark after the debarking process at the mill?
7What natural glue-like material holds pine fibers together and is removed during pulping?
8Which US region is known as "America's wood basket"?
9What percentage of International Paper’s fiber came from certified sustainable forests in 2022?
10Old cardboard cannot be recycled indefinitely because its fibers get shorter and weaker.
11What is one reason foresters support logging and clearcutting?
12How does International Paper reduce pollution from the gases created in pulping?
13Where does International Paper get most of its wood fiber?
14What happens to the trimmings or waste pieces from boxes in the box plant?
15What environmental benefit do natural forests have compared to tree plantations?