The bucket seats, trunk liner, and inside exposed surfaces may be plastic that contains up to 50 percent wood, a filler that greatly reduces cost. The steel radial tires contain rayon. If you get into the car and head for the supermarket, you'll see wood almost everywhere along the way. Even the concrete road surface most likely contains agents coming from wood that help strengthen cured concrete. Notebook paper, tablets, pencils, and natural rubber pencil erasers are wood or forest based.
Photographic film is made of cellulose acetate.
The flavoring in vanilla ice cream and cookies may be vanillin, a food additive made as a byproduct of wood-pulping operations. At the checkout stand, you'll see wood-fiber books, newspapers, and magazines. Even the check you hand to the clerk is a wood product. If you pay close attention for a day or two, you'll notice many more items made entirely or partially of wood. A remarkable and incredibly useful material, wood has a huge impact on our lives.