Recycled timber

Timber is salvaged from the demolition of large buildings like old wool stores, army barracks, houses, wharves, bridges and redundant power poles. It is used for house beams, floorboards, kitchen benches as well as stair treads or furniture.

Pallet repair and reuse

Many wood pallets and crates can be reused ‘as is’ or salvaged for repair. While there are existing large scale repair companies such as Chep, Loscam and EPAL EURO pallets – many smaller companies also repair and reuse pallets.

Particleboard

Two of Australia’s particleboard manufactures now use recycled wood packaging and manufacturing offcuts in the manufacture of new particleboard.

Animal bedding

Wood recovered the waste stream makes a good alternative for animal bedding as it combines preferred insulation and absorption properties with lower cost. It is used for racehorses, poultry, pigs, cattle, as well as pets.

Mulch and compost

Mulch and composts made from recycled timber helps suppress weeds, retain soil moisture and, as it degrades, adds precious carbon to Australia’s carbon deficient soils. The mulch and compost is used in parks, gardens, beside roads as well as broadacre land rehabilitation applications.

Biofilter

Recycled timber can be used to make products that filter urban stormwater or odours and gases from industrial and intensive agricultural sources. Urban stormwater biofilters filter out particles, oil, heavy metals, pesticides, as well as nitrogen and phosphorous.