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PREVIOUSLY… IN TTJ
Delving into the TTJ archive, we look back at some of the issues and news affecting the timber trade in previous decades
2011
LANDFILL WOOD WASTE RESTRICTION PROPOSAL BROADLY WELCOMED
Restrictions on wood waste going to landfill would cause incineration and other logistical headaches but would be broadly welcomed in the timber sector.
The government has said that landfill curbs on timber could form part of its overall waste review and that it would consult on the topic next year. Wood Panel Industries Federation director-general Alastair Kerr said that the government move was still only “a proposal within a consultation” but was the right one. The panels sector is concerned at the threat to raw material supply posed by the growing use of virgin fibre for fuel and Mr Kerr said landfill restrictions could alleviate this by cutting the amount of reusable fibre being dumped. “A lot is mixed with other fibre that can’t be so readily recycled or incinerated,” he said. “There’s currently little incentive to segregate it, so it all goes to landfill.” One complication of restrictions could be what to do with the problematic material. “To burn certain treated wood under the EU waste incineration requirement, companies need special combustion equipment and back end treatment facilities,” said Mr Kerr. “Currently, few power generators have the latter, but more will come on stream.”
RECOVERY EXPECTED
1981
UK timber importers can now look in only one direction – to recovery. This is the conclusion of Stock Exchange analysts Beardsley Bishop Escombe in a detailed analysis of the state of trade.
They say that so far there is little evidence of demand from consumers or merchants firming up, while they believe scope remains for further reduction of stocks. But they expect the next movement will be upwards, although they are cautious over the timing of the recovery.
“Confidence in the return of stable economic conditions is still absent,” said the BBE report.
TIMBER FRAME BOOST
1991
Timber frame construction could be given a boost by an independent report critical of the insulation properties of brick and masonry block housing. The study, sponsored by Eurisol, the UK mineral wool association, says that up to half of all new houses built fail to achieve the minimum wall thermal performance laid down by the building regulations – some by as much as 50%. The report
says the principal problem is that builders have replaced traditional inner leaf breeze blocks with super- lightweight masonry blocks.
A NEW TWIST TO TIMBER
2001
A new wood product capable of being bent rather than steamed into shape could inject new life into the market for contoured timber.
Bendywood, produced from temperate hardwoods by Mallinson Ltd, is supplied to customers ‘wet’ and wrapped in polythene for it to be formed into the required shape and dried in position. It can also be supplied in a permanently flexible state. The product is made using a patented Danish process which uses 60 tonnes of pressure to compress wood 20% to create a concertina- like cellular structure.
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