Why is most wood waste going straight to landfill when theres a significant demand for recycled wood?
Carley Knowles and Richard Collins take a look behind the wood pile. Wood has not traditionally been considered a recyclable product. Matthew Warnken, project manager with the NSW Waste Boards wants to change this perception. He says the reuse and recycling of wood should no longer be seen as simply a waste management issue but as a product management issue, a commercial opportunity. Too much wood is going to landfill. Approximately 350,000 tonnes is sent to landfill each year in the Greater Sydney Region, roughly 10 per cent by weight of all waste and as much as three times that by volume. And yet there is significant demand for recycled wood, which remains unexploited. The NSW Waste Boards have identified demand for more than 650,000 tonnes a year from markets like building, landscaping and manufacturing. Over the last year it has run the Wood Waste Project to find ways to reduce the amount going to landfill and identify commercially viable uses and markets for recycled wood. It deve
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