the chart illustrates how much paper, wood pulp and sawn-wood were manufactured in the UK between 1980 and 2000.
Overall, there was a downward trend in the number of most materials, with the exception of the figures for Paper and Packaging. Notably, the figures for Paper and Packaging saw a drastic increase to consistently become the biggest material-making industry in the UK.
The number of paper and packaging started at around north of 250 million tonnes, outnumbering the figures for Sawn-wood and wood pulp. After that, while Paper and packaging manufacturing saw a gradual rise of almost 15 million tonnes in the next 10 years, the amount of Sawn-wood and Wood Pulp saw opposite changes, starting at the lowest point of almost 175%, followed by a progressive decline to the same data at 150 million tonnes.
In the later half of the period, there was magnificent growth to peak at 350 million tonnes in the figures for paper and packaging. The quantity of Sawn-wood made in the UK bounced back to just over 150 million tonnes in the final year to surpass Wood Pulp, becoming the second substance manufactured most from 2000 onward. In another case, Wood Pulp showed a significant decrease to bottom at over 125 million tonnes.