As a civilization, a large majority of our cellulose based products come from lumber and the down stream processing of wood products. Forests, simply, are cut down for the lumber and paper industries. the waste products, then processed and refined into their base chemical consistituants and sold into the food and cosmetics industries as stabalizer, plasticizers, gumming agents, and as antimicrobials.

However, considering the bulk of the cellulose we use in our supply chains,