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SUMMARY
■A significant global timber deficit is predicted in the years ahead, so raw material possibilities must be explored
■HONEXT’s waste reclaiming process turns cellulose residue from the pulp and paper industry into recyclable material
FUTURE HOLDS? WHAT THE
Cellulose and carbon – what can be done with this waste? HONEXT is one of the latest propositions of panelboard products made using alternative materials. Geoff Rhodes report
How can we use timber resources better? This was a conversation topic that has been a theme for many years and the emergence of MDF from its infancy in the late 1960s to the significant 118,000,000m3
installed
and planned capacity globally now, sets the scene of what is possible if all of the correct ingredients come together. The MDF story, which evolved initially from a fibreboard ‘mistake’ in Deposit, New York has morphed since then and over 50+ years, into a global industry of enormous scale and with fascinating technological breakthroughs.
Fast forward to 2021 and across the globe it has probably never been more important or urgent for us to understand, explore and exploit all types of timber resources and their derivatives and to look at the multiple products, their properties, and benefits and for the wider wood product trading sectors to then explain and communicate these realities clearly to the international marketplace. Based on current forecasts of material demand, various international reports and studies suggest that a significant global timber deficit is anticipated in the years ahead, so it is incumbent on industry to explore all possibilities of raw material sources, recycling and to waste absolutely nothing.
Above: Premium sludge from the paper industry as a new panelboard feedstock material PHOTO: FIRMA
So, we must also acknowledge and consider right now that wood (and let’s include all cellulose and wood fibre-based products as well in this generic description) is increasingly recognised as the prime manufacturing and construction raw material for our age. ►
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