Q: Why is Larson Pallet Company interested
in wood reuse, recovery, and recycling?
As consumers/stewards of forest resource, we
have an interest in facilitating and encouraging the recovery
of scrap wood to conserve natural resources and expand the fiber
supply.
Q: Does recovering wood have any environmental
benefits?
Wood recovery has many environmental benefits,
including:
- Expanding and extending the life of the wood
fiber supply
- Contributing to carbon storage
- Reducing the amount of recoverable wood going to landfills
- Contributing to the development of technologies utilizing
a variety
of recoverable wood fibers.
Q: How much wood is recovered?
While data on recovered wood is incomplete,
the USDA Forest Products Lab estimates that in 1998 about 132
million tons, or around 80%, of used and scrap wood was recovered,
used for energy, or unusable. This includes only waste wood generated
from the municipal, construction and demolition, and primary timber
processing waste streams.
Q: How much wood is recovered?
While data on recovered wood is incomplete,
the USDA Forest Products Lab estimates that in 1998 about 132
million tons, or around 80%, of used and scrap wood was recovered,
used for energy, or unusable. This includes only waste wood generated
from the municipal, construction and demolition, and primary timber
processing waste streams.
Q: How much wood is available for recovery
and recycling?
The USDA Forest Products Lab estimates that in 1998 about 30 million
tons was available for recovery from the municipal, construction
and demolition, and primary timber processing waste streams.
Q: What products are made from used or
scrap wood?
Recovered wood is used for products you use
everyday-from home gardening to furniture and home construction.
Recovered wood is used to make engineered wood products and composites
(largely for furniture construction), mulch, compost, energy,
and for many other consumer goods.
Q: What are sources for used and scrap
wood?
Most used and scrap wood in the municipal solid
waste stream is woody yard trimmings and other wood waste. Scrap
wood is also generated in the construction and demolition industries.
Deconstruction of homes and other structures is an increasing
source of used wood. Wooden pallets are another source of used
wood, although over one third is recycled into new pallets. Land
clearing for highways and other projects, as well as primary timber
processing are other sources.
Q: Who can accept used wood for recovery
and recycling?
If you're in the Bay Area, Larson Pallet Company
can recycle your used pallets. Just give us a call. In addition,
The American Forest & Paper Association's on-line wood recovery
directory, the National
Wood Recycling Directory, contains over 700 market contacts
for recycling scrap wood. This directory assists businesses and
communities that have recoverable wood connect with processors
that can accept it as a raw material for a new product. To include
your business in the directory, simply add it on line.
Special thanks to the American
Forest & Paper Association for the content on this page.
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