The chart illustrates how much paper, wood pulp and sawn- wood were produced in the UK between 1980 and 2000.
Overall, there was a dramatic increase in paper and packaging production in the UK, especially in the latter half of the period, while the opposite trend can be seen in the figures for sawn-wood and those for wood pulp fluctuated slightly. It is also clear that the amount of paper and packaging material produced in the UK had by far the highest figures throughout the years.
The amount of paper and packaging produced in the UK started at about 240 million tons, after which it saw a slight increase to 250 million tons ten years later. Opposite changes can be seen in the figures for wood pulp and Sawn-wood, which decreased from 200 and 165 million tons to exactly 150 million tons in the first 10 years.
From 1990 to 2000, the amount of paper and packaging produced rose significantly, reaching 350 million tons. The figure for wood pulp saw similar changes, but to a much lesser extent, growing to roughly 160 million tons. Conversely, the production of sawn-wood kept decreasing to approximately 125 million tons.