Steve Bratkovitz of Dovetail Partners Inc. published a detailed and highly informative report titled: Reclaiming Lumber Products from Waste Wood. It gives a great current overview on the amount of wood wasted in the U.S. and points to solutions based on recycling and reuse.
Here’s an excerpt:
As a nation, the U.S. uses a large amount of wood and generates a significant volume of wood waste in the MSW and C&D waste streams. Interest is growing in utilizing this wood waste for a myriad of lumber and related products. The efficient reuse and recycling of wood waste presents an opportunity to extend our timber resource, reduce consumption of new resources, conserve landfill space, reduce costs through avoided purchase/disposal fees, preserve carbon storage, reduce energy and environmental burdens of producing ‘new’ products, and create ‘green’ jobs.
The full version is available through their website for free here. Check it out.