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Benchmarking wood waste
combustion |
This Biffaward
sponsored project compiled a best
practice guide to help companies evaluate the pay-back of boiler
installations and optimise the performance of existing systems. Benchmarking
information is being generated and the results will be fed into the review
of the process guidance note.
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Wood waste reclamation and reuse |
A short research contract with the Waste
and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) to assess the extent of current
activity and prevailing market conditions within the wood waste reclamation
and reuse sector, with the aim of identifying options to grow the sector
overall. Specific sectors are concentrated upon such as end-of-life (EOL)
furniture.
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Wood waste
recycling in furniture manufacturing
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Sponsored by WRAP - the
Government's Waste and Resources Action Programme, this initiative has been evaluating the timber recycling
options available to the furniture industry and documenting the variables
which contribute to the viability of each. Information has been gathered from 72 furniture
manufacturers and around 20 wood waste reprocessors. The final
project report was published in November 2003 and can be obtained from WRAP.
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Benchmarking solvent use |
This project sought to quantify the
performance of wood coating operations with regard to issues such as solvent
consumption, thinner use and coating wastage. Benchmarking data was
generated for three sub-sectors: reproduction, solid timber users and board
material users.
A project summary can be viewed by
clicking on the link and a free report is also available. Both provide
benchmarking information as well as advice on best practice.
The main project sponsor was Biffaward, with other contributors including
Granyte Woodfinishes Ltd and Viatec.
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Feasibility
study to evaluate the sustainability of the UK reproduction furniture
manufacturing sector |
This project considered
the practical implications of sustainable development in
relation to reproduction furniture manufacture. It identified
priority issues which need to be addressed to enable the sub-sector to
operate more sustainably.
The project was sponsored by the
Sustainable Technologies Initiative, a government funded programme designed
to enable industry to develop and adopt new technologies which are more
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