Wood Waste Resources
Wood Waste Publications
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- 1998
North Carolina Markets Assessment of the Recycling
Industry and Recyclable Materials
analyzes
recycling markets in North Carolina, focusing
on the supply and demand for 26 materials in the
state (scroll down to the “Wood” section).
- Clean
Washington Center (CWC) Technical Resources
provides a series of construction-related technical
resources, including several documents related
to wood recycling.
- National
Wood Recycling Directory
is an online directory,
developed by American Forest & Paper Association
and the USDA Forest Service, containing a nationwide
listing of over 700 wood residue-receiving centers.
- Recycling
Woods (PDF) (4 pp,
398K)
, a supplement to the North Carolina
Recycling Business Assistance Center’s Recycling
Works newsletter, offers a detailed description
of value-added opportunities for recycled wood.
- Sustaining
Businesses and Jobs Through Pallet Repair and
Reuse (PDF) (5 pp,
352K)
provides data on 31 pallet reuse
businesses and jobs created through pallet repair
and reuse. An appendix lists 193 pallet repair
and recycling facilities.
- Wood
Recycling: How to Process Materials for Profitable
Markets (PDF) (15
pp, 1.1MB)
discusses how to implement and
manage successful wood recycling projects. Includes
information on topics such as how to expand mulch
product lines, milling options for urban trees,
and fires at wood recycling and composting facilities.
Wood Waste-Related Organizations and Programs
- American Forest
& Paper Association
is a Web site providing
information on recycling a variety of paper and
wood materials.
- Brooks
Forest Products Center
is a research unit
of the Forest Service devoted to tree quality
assessment, automated wood processing, and solid
wood recovery, reuse, and recycling research.
- Building Materials
Reuse Association
(formerly Used Building
Materials Association), a nonprofit, membership
based organization, represents companies and organizations
involved in the acquisition and redistribution
of used building materials.
- National Wooden
Pallet and Container Association
, an international
trade association, represents the interests of
manufacturers, recyclers and distributors of pallets,
containers, and reels.
- US Department of Agriculture Forest Service
- Economic Action Programs is a Web page providing information about the Products Conservation and Recycling program, which helps communities and businesses find new and expanded business opportunities based on forest resources.
- Wood Education and Resource Center is an initiative that, among other things, promotes improved efficiency in forest products manufacturing and increased wood recycling.
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