Greenotechindia – There are so many reasons for Wood Recycling or Timber recycling is the process of turning waste timber into new / usable products. This process is adopted in many countries in early 1990s and it very common in countries such as Australia and New Zealand. Through recycling of wood we developed reused products, artificial wood etc. which is environmentally friendly.
Recycling of wood help to grow and save the Trees, with this we developed same quality product what we developed with fresh wood. but the major reason of recycling is world approaching closer to global warming. Growing environmental issues and global warming have given to individual many reasons to get recycle their waste products and reduce their global footprints. Uses of fresh wood increase in Industries day by day for different use like paper industry use fresh wood for making pulp, plywood Industry and transport industry….
Wood Recycling or Timber recycling is the process of turning waste timber into new / usable products. This process is adopted in many countries in early 1990s and it very common in countries such as Australia and New Zealand. Through recycling of wood we developed reused products, artificial wood etc. which is environmentally friendly. Recycling of wood help to grow and save the Trees, with this we developed same quality product what we developed with fresh wood.
Wood industry
Trees play a great role in our personal life as well as our daily life. We use them from toothpaste to tires, tree chemicals and other wood by-products all around us. They provide shade, oxygen, fruits, nuts and wood products like paper, furniture and houses, etc.
As we are developing economically and industrializing, we are also using more wood products.
India, for example, is rapidly growing with an annual basis of more than 1.5 billion pallets being produced each year and about 5 billion pallets (Roughly) being used across the country.
Plywood and furniture industry is growing day by day in India for last few years. The Indian furniture sector is approximately Rs.120000 Cr. (USD 20 billion) which offering livelihood for more than 300000 people, this industry has an annual growth rate of 30%. It may be noted here that the Wood and Wood-based Industry play a very vital role in shaping the robust growth of the Indian Economy. The Wood, Plywood, Furniture & other wood Products Industry is one of the key sectors having huge potential for gaining from these developments as India is one of the major wood-users in the Asia Pacific region.
Indian plywood industry is approximately Rs.7000 cr. and the industry is growing at a rapid pace of 10-20% per annum. In India, Approximately 600 to 700 units are currently functioning all over the country. The export of wood and wood products from India has been reached by the US $ 453 million during 2010-11 which was shown a growth of 20% compared to last year. As per Experts it reached up to US $ 600 million by 2020. Even India’s annual import of wood and its products have increased from $500 million to $2.7 billion over the past decade. India imported wood and its products record $54 million in 2013.
Benefits of Wood Recycling
Generally, everyone loves to have wooden floors in their homes/ offices because not only are they beautiful but it also helped to retain the heat. But if that flooring is made from recycled waste wood then it is not only beautiful but also low cost. Another benefit of recycled wood is that it is eco-friendly. No tree needs to cut down to develop the same, it is just re-using the old ones that other people have discarded.
Timber Recycling process (Source: Ironwood)
One of the best benefits of recycled wood about which generally peoples are not aware, that most recycled woods are actually stronger than new wood. When we manufacture new wood/ timber we need fresh wood and before using it, that wood will be placed in a drying kiln to get dry the moisture inside of wood but it cannot completely remove at all. With recycled wood, you can be sure that the moisture content is almost zero because it is already dry for a long time, thus making them very hard and sturdy. Recycled wood has the advantage of less moisture content about 20% as compared to virgin wood about 60% to 70%. This means for the same weight of wood purchased you have to pay for less moisture when it comes to recycled wood. The lower moisture content also means higher durability. With wood recycling, we can reduce the raw material cost as well as operation cost.
Wood recycling is more beneficial for panel board mills for the manufacture of chipboard, middle-density fibreboard, and higher value fibreboard. Through the recycling of wood, the recycling units helps to reduce wood waste and save wood resources which is more environmentally friendly.
One of the biggest benefits of waste wood recycling is to reduce the physical space that is otherwise consumed by wood in landfill spaces. Through introducing waste wood recycling companies adopted an environment-friendly and business-minded approach.
Conclusion
As we know Trees are a renewable resource, but on worldwide there is a hug reduction in forested areas and current rates of wood use are not sustainable. Thousands of metric tons of waste wood available surround to us and the same is recyclable and there are resources.
Green-O-Tech India also an initiative which helps the Indian industry to adopt this green initiative of waste wood recycling. Presently Green-O-Tech India associated with 7 Indian industries to get their wood recycle and Green-O-Tech India recycling 500 tons of wood in a month. In India awareness about wood recycling is almost zero, even industries are also not showing much interest in the same.
Through adopting waste wood recycling we reduces the amount of waste sent to landfills and incinerators, Prevents pollution by reducing cutting trees and Reduces greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming.