Sunday, November 11, 2012

Day 5

After I am done being used as paper, I am going to go through something called "recycling". I was out into a blue bin and was then dumped into a bigger bin and taken somewhere. I do not know where I am going, but I believe it has something to do with recycling. I am now in a recycling center, where I will be "de-inked" and refined. I was then heated and created into more paper. I am now recycled and ready for use.



Day 4

 I am now no longer a tree. I am now paper. I will be shipped out to places such as offices, schools, and any where people need to publish something.




Day 3

The men unloaded us off the truck, and we were then inside a strange building. It looked like a factory of some sort. I later found out that this place is called a "paper mill" and this mill will debark me and cut me into pieces. If there are any leftovers of me they will chop them up into wood chips and make them into pulp. I will then be pressure cooked and drained of water. I will then be created into crude paper and put into roles.



Day 2

After I have been chopped down, I was stacked up with the rest of the trees. The men then loaded us onto a truck and shipped us off to a mysterious location. I do not know what will happen, and neither do any of the other trees.



Day 1

I have spent my entire life in the forest. There is always nice weather and there is always a pleasant scenery around me, but now there are people invading into the forest and are chopping down other trees. I was one of the last trees to get chopped down. I am not sure why these people have done this and I am not sure if ill even find out.



Flow Chart


1. The tree is chopped down
2. Then it is loaded onto a truck and taken to a paper mill
3. There it will be de-barked, cut into wood chips, and turned into pulp
4.This pulp will then be washed, cleaned, and heated
5. It is then created into to paper and is ready for use
6. After it is used, it is taken back to the mill where they will de-ink it and get it ready to be used again