High Quality Wood Waste

What is it?

Excess or previously used wood or brush that can be reused to create new products

- General Info

Beneficial Uses

  • Mulch
  • Wood chip surfacing
  • Animal bedding
  • Compost
  • Soil additive
  • Wood-cement composites
  • Lumber

- Beneficial Uses
- Case Studies

Properties

  • Lightweight
  • Can strengthen composites
  • Contains simple sugars

- Engineering Properties
- Environmental Properties

Producers

  • Construction and demolition
  • Packaging facilities
  • Sawmills
  • Cabinet and furniture manufacturers
  • Commercial tree-trimming
  • Land clearing for subdivisions

- Current Disposal
- Material Source
- Economic Template

 

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The University of Maine

ŠThis is an official publication of The University of Maine.  "Beneficial Use of Solid Waste in Maine."

March 12, 2006.  http://useit.umaine.edu/