Wood is apart of just about every aspect of our lives. It warms us, shelters us, helps cook our food, and the surface on which we eat that food. It is being used in space, medicine, glass and even more. 

It even can help pay our bills, and not just for those in the primary and secondary wood industry.

In the last couple of years, wood has become a source material for credit and debit cards.

As the first such card, Timbercard, put it, "If we want to stop using plastic, our wallets are the perfect place to start. Every year, billions of plastic cards are produced worldwide, most of them not recycled but rather burned or dumped into landfills or the nature. The Timbercard offers an easy and attractive way to help tackle this problem."

The Timbercard is reportedly the world’s first plastic-free wood payment card that can be used like any conventional banking card. The card body is fully biodegradable, except for the chip, antenna and magnetic stripe. When exposed to the soil, it decomposes much quicker than conventional plastic cards. 

Other companies offering wood credit cards include Tomorrow, Ecosia (Treecard), Thales Gemalto Wood Card, and others.