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Environment and sustainability > Waste management


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Avoiding landfill through effective wood waste disposal and a shift in product focus

Publisher: TRADA Technology Ltd
Publication date: 2004
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Sending wood chip for poultry bedding saved Input Joinery £8,840 per year and a new boiler saved a further £12,960.


Composting of wood waste from the furniture industry. Waste to profit: The fertile demonstration project

Publisher: Fira International Ltd
Publication date: 2003
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Results from a FIRA research project clearly showed that composting of waste wood dust from the furniture sector was technically possible and that a useable compost-type product can be produced. Although concentrating on wastes from the furniture industry, many of the findings and considerations are equally relevant to timber processors in other sectors.


Environmentally responsible construction: Community wood recycling

Publisher: TRADA Technology Ltd
Publication date: 2004
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In five years Integra (Brighton) Ltd diverted over 400 tonnes of wood waste from landfill for recycling and re-use.


Joinery - saving on timber waste disposal and heating cost

Publisher: TRADA Technology Ltd
Publication date: 2004
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Installing a new boiler reduced heating costs by £1,200 and local farmers taking wood chip saved J Hodson and Sons £5,000 per year.


Recovering and minimising wood waste

Publisher: TRADA Technology Ltd
Publication date: 2008
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Current estimates suggest that up to eleven million tonnes of waste wood may be generated in the UK each year. This new Wood Information Sheet examines various options for prevention and re-use of wood waste, reviews existing and anticipated legislation and offers guidance on best practice.


Recovering and minimising wood waste

Publisher: TRADA Technology Ltd
Publication date: 2008
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Current estimates suggest that up to eleven million tonnes of waste wood may be generated in the UK each year. This new Wood Information Sheet examines various options for prevention and re-use of wood waste, reviews existing and anticipated legislation and offers guidance on best practice.


Recycling

Publisher: TRADA Technology Ltd
Publication date: 2002
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An introduction to wood recycling


Saving on waste disposal - through waste segregation in construction

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Publication date: 2004
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Over a three-year period Simons Construction Ltd has reduced total waste by 73%, largely through segregation on site.


The Eden project - a waste neutral strategy in construction and operation

Publisher: TRADA Technology Ltd
Publication date: 2004
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The Eden project is aiming at recycling 55% of construction waste and in operation, zero waste to landfill.


Wood residues: Waste or resource?

Publisher: TRADA Technology Ltd
Publication date: 1999
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Conversion factors for round logs show that the ratio of product output to residue is at best 50/50 and at worst around 30/70. Produced as a result of a survey amongst timber processors through to demolition and reclamation companies, the report identifies types of residues and their use or disposal. With landfill tax for wood residue, the financial incentive to recycle residues is strong. Barriers to recycling are addressed and ways ahead proposed.


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