Media Release: NTPSG Launches Wood Packaging Recycling Brochure Sunday, 01 March 2009 10:00 The National Timber Product Stewardship Group (NTPSG) has launched a new brochure on recycling wood packaging such as pallets and crates. It is estimated that around 300,000 tonnes of waste wood packaging is disposed to landfills each year around Australia and some companies, particularly those importing manufactured goods from overseas, generate large quantities of waste wood packaging. While a significant quantity of wood pallets, particularly if they are standard size, can be repaired and reused, single-trip wood pallets and crates generally cannot be. The good news is that these pallets and crates are increasingly recycled into products such as new particleboard, mulch, animal bedding or even low carbon polluting renewable energy. Read more... [Media Release: NTPSG Launches Wood Packaging Recycling Brochure]   Media Release: 12% Increase in Post-consumer Wood Recovery Friday, 28 November 2008 10:00 The National Timber Product Stewardship Group (NTPSG) is well on its way to achieving the goal of one million tonnes wood recovery per annum following the recording of a 12% increase in the 2006-07 financial year. The recovery of post-consumer wood is estimated at over 530,000 tonnes in 06-07 up from 474,000 when it was previously measured. The NTPSG comprises representatives from timber industry associations and companies from across the supply chain including forest growers, manufacturers, timber preservers, importers, wholesalers and retailers, with input from NSW and Queensland state government representatives. The group focuses on the recovery of post-consumer timber and wood products for reuse, recycling and as a source of renewable energy as well as maximizing the environmental benefits of wood products at the end-of-life stage. The figures are good news as a 7% average annual increase is what is needed to achieve the target of one million tonnes waste recovery per annum by 2017. Read more... [Media Release: 12% Increase in Post-consumer Wood Recovery]   Media Release: Wood Packaging Recycling Brochure Launched Thursday, 31 July 2008 10:00 The National Timber Product Stewardship Group (NTPSG) has launched a new brochure on recycling wood packaging such as pallets and crates. It is estimated that around 300,000 tonnes of waste wood packaging is disposed to landfills each year around Australia and some companies, particularly those importing manufactured goods from overseas, generate large quantities of waste wood packaging. While a significant quantity of wood pallets, particularly if they are standard size, can be repaired and reused, single-trip wood pallets and crates generally cannot be. The good news is that these pallets and crates are increasingly recycled into products such as new particleboard, mulch, animal bedding or even low carbon polluting renewable energy. Read more... [Media Release: Wood Packaging Recycling Brochure Launched]   Media Release: New Study Finds No Chemical Preservatives in 99% of Waste Wood Packaging Thursday, 31 July 2008 10:00 A new study has found that the vast majority of post-consumer wood pallets and crates have no chemical preservative residues so almost all can be fully recycled or used to generate renewable energy. The world-first study, completed on behalf of the National Timber Product Stewardship Group (NTPSG), was carried out on stockpiles of waste wood packaging at sites in Western Australia, New South Wales and Queensland. The study dispels misinformation in the recycling industry that wood packaging is generally treated. “Many non-timber people equate the word treatment with copper, chrome arsenate (CCA). This is not the case and most imported wood packaging is heat sterilized or fumigated” said Stephen Mitchell – Project Manager for the NTPSG. Read more... [Media Release: New Study Finds No Chemical Preservatives in 99% of Waste Wood Packaging]   Media Release: Protocols for Recycling Bridge Timbers and Utility Poles in News South Wales released Thursday, 26 June 2008 10:00 Protocols that sets parameters for handling and processing and sale of timber salvaged from road and rail bridges and timber power poles. The development of the Protocols was achieved with the financial assistance iof the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change. Read the Protocols for Recycling Redundant Utility Poles and Bridge Timbers in New South Wales (PDF, 0.9MB)   Media Release: National Timber Recovery Target - a Wood-be Success Thursday, 15 November 2007 10:00 Leading timber industry representatives today announced a bold plan to double post-consumer timber recovery to one million tonnes each year. The target will see 65 per cent of timber diverted from Australian landfills. The National Timber Stewardship Group (NTSG), comprising representatives from timber industry associations, importers, wholesalers and retailers, with input from state government representatives, announced the target in celebration of National Recycling Week. Chair of the National Timber Stewardship Group, Mr Andrew Dunn said the target is ambitious, but realistic and necessary. Read more... [Media Release: National Timber Recovery Target - a Wood-be Success]