From Waste To Resource

What can I recycle? is a question that’s often asked.  Amazingly, more things are recyclable than we realize.
As we all know, by recycling, we reduce the amount that ends up in landfills, thus reducing green house gases. With landfills known to produce millions of tons of carbon dioxide and methane (the two prominent green house [...]

Posted on Wednesday, 20th May 2009 by BSwafford

Tags: aluminum containers, Appliances, Asphalt, batteries, biomass fuel, brass, carbon dioxide and methane, Cardboard, compost, construction and demolition debris, copper, curbside recycling, demolition, demolition debris, glass containers, grass clippings, green house gases, milk jugs, oil, plastic bottles, playground, pop cans, recycling bins, telephone books, tin, tree limbs, truck tires, Wood, yard debris
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Companies who are involved in wood recycling, cleaning up old mill sites or log yard debris, often encounter the problem of how to separate rock and dirt from wood products. Although numerous size trommels, rock screens and/or heavy equipment can be used to complete this process, the cost often begins to outweigh the benefits.
That’s [...]

Posted on Tuesday, 10th March 2009 by BSwafford

Tags: bark products, classifier, compost, conveyor belt, diesel, dirt, electric, float tank, heavy equipment, hopper, pieces of wood, Recycling, screens, separate wood and rock, stationary screening plant, topsoil, trommel screen, water bath, Wittco classifier
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The wood waste derived from wood recycling or wood chipping operations often begins to stack up and the owners are uncertain how they can be reused, recycled or in the best case scenario, resold.
Often nature takes over and the piles of wood chips begin to decompose. This natural process leads to an obvious use – [...]

Posted on Friday, 6th March 2009 by BSwafford

Tags: animal bedding, asbestos, compost, dust control, dyed wood chips, erosion control, glue, jute bags, lumber, mulch, particle board, pulp and paper, reycyling wood, soil amendment, soil material, top soil, weed control, wood chips, Wood Waste
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Wood recycling is the process of taking waste wood products, grinding it up and using the wood chips which are generated for other purposes. Wood recycling businesses typically use a tub grinder (see photo) or a horizontal grinder to accomplish this process. Although portable wood chippers are often used for small projects, it’s rare [...]

Posted on Saturday, 28th February 2009 by BSwafford

Tags: asbestos, demolition, firewood, glue, hazardous material, horizontal grinder, lead paint, mold, new construction, preservatives, Recycling, scrap wood, stumps, timber tax, tub grinder, us forest service, wood chippers
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In the recycling and wood waste industry, we often see the term “C&D” The translation is; construction and demolition debris.
When new construction, land developing and/or the demolition of buildings occurs, wood wastes are generated.
Common wood waste would include:
Tree trimmings, branches, stumps, and the logs, themselves
Pallets or wooden shipping containers
Scrap wood from new construction, [...]

Posted on Thursday, 26th February 2009 by BSwafford

Tags: asbestos, C&D, construction and demolition debris, demolition debris, glue, hazardous materials, lead paint, mold, new construction, plywood, preservatives, Recycling, scrap wood, shipping containers, stumps, tree trimmings, wood wastes
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