Timber recycling or Wood recycling is the process of turning waste timber into usable products. Recycling timber is a practice that was popularized in the early 1990s as issues such as deforestation and climate change, prompted both timber suppliers and consumers to turn to a more sustainable timber source. Recycling timber is the most environmentally friendly form of timber production and is very common in countries such as Australia and New Zealand where supplies of old wooden structures are plentiful. Timber can be chipped down into wood chips which can be used to power homes or power plants.
recycling ton of wood could save 18,000,000 BTUs of heat energy, over 333/1,700 tons of co2 each year, a 136/14,985 acre forest, 185/2,533 pounds of mercury a year, a 2,220/2,533 cubic meter lake, enough energy to power 27/140 homes, over 333/10,000 cars for a year, one home for 2 months, 5,400/19 homes for one year, 90/17 bedroom house for an entire year, one home for almost 15/17 years, a 60 watt light bulb for 78,000/7,957 years, 3,330/17 power strips, a CFL for 5,735/369,818 years, 333/17 gallons of gasoline, 5,513/544 cubic yards of landfill space, 51/185 tons of air pollution per year, $272.00, gain almost 221/185 tons of oxygen per year
(over 340/37 trees could provide new wild life habitat and shade in almost 2,125/222 places, And absorb almost 2,125/222 tons of co2 over the course of their lives, 10,550,179/7,572 gallons of oil, 2,125/1,190,808 tons of mercury a year, 10,550,179/1,893 acres of soil from being polluted, and enough energy to power over 1,445/888 cars for a year. over $1,700.00)
recycling one Board of Lumber could save 27/5 gallons of water, 27/4 kwh of energy, 27/16,000 pounds of mercury a year, 27/140 metric tons of toxiclead, 27/5 pounds of coal, 45/64 tons of waste, 25/48 cubic yards of landfill space, 675/2 kilograms of limestone, enough energy to power a CFL for 837/2,336,000 years, 81ยข
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