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The challenge of recycling raw and composite materials is slowly being addressed and, says Graham Ormondroyd, a circular economy can only he good for the planet
SUMMARY
* The UK produces around 5 million tonnes of waste wood per year
* Much of the timber that is recycled has to be untreated and unpainted
* Advances in sorting processes should lead to automatic identification of contaminated timber
* MDF Recovery is recovering fibres from used MDF
The circular economy, the continuing reuse and recycling of raw materials into new uses is a concept that has great resonance with the wood industry.
Timber is a material that lends itself to be used more than once, whether that is the reuse of timber beams, repurposing from beams to furniture or remanufacture into composite products such as chipboard. However, whilst the material lend itself to the circular economy does our industry and its practices promote the circular use of timber?
The UK produces around 5 million tonnes of wood...