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Particleboard

  • Sourced From: Sawmills and other forest products operations
  • Form:Packaging, chips, flakes, sawdust, shavings, slabs, cut-offs, edge trimmings, plywood veneer cores
  • Wood Size: Extra small
  • Species: Softwoods
  • MC: 3 %
  • MC Scale: Low
  • Quantity: Large
  • Contamination: Low
  • Value of Waste: Medium
  • Complexity: High

Fiberboard

  • Sourced From: Sawmills and other forest products operations
  • Form: Chips, shavings, sawdust, cut-offs
  • Wood Size: Extra small
  • Species: Hardwoods, softwoods
  • MC: 8+/-3%
  • MC Scale: Low
  • Quantity: Large
  • Contamination: Low
  • Value of Waste: Medium
  • Complexity: High

Wood-Plastic Composite (WPC)

  • Sourced From: Sawmills and other forest products operations
  • Form: Chips, shavings, sawdust, sanderdust, chips, cut-offs
  • Wood Size: Extra small
  • Species: Hardwoods, softwoods, white pines, spruce, hemlock, aspen, balsam fir, southern pines, paper birch, basswood, maple, cottonwood, yellow-poplar, willow, redwood, balsa
  • MC: 2-4%
  • MC Scale: Low
  • Quantity: Large
  • Contamination: Low
  • Value of Waste: Medium
  • Complexity: High

Erosion Control Blankets

  • Sourced From: Sawmills and other forest products operations
  • Form: Cut-offs
  • Wood Size: Medium
  • Species: Hardwoods, softwoods
  • MC: controlled, not green
  • MC Scale: Low
  • Quantity: Medium
  • Contamination: Low
  • Value of Waste: Medium
  • Complexity: Medium

Reinforced Concrete with Wood Fiber Aggregate

  • Sourced From: Fiberboard manufacturing industries, sawmill operations,furniture manufacturing industries³³
  • Form: Chips, flakes, sawdust, cut-offs, bark, branches, tree tops
  • Wood Size: Extra small
  • Species: Hardwoods, softwoods, pine, oak
  • MC: not important
  • MC Scale: uncontrolled
  • Quantity: Medium
  • Contamination: Low
  • Value of Waste: Medium
  • Complexity: High