1. Waste Wood and Plastics: Where Does/Can It All Go?
UI President’s Sustainability Symposium
North Idaho College - Coeur d’Alene, ID
3/20/2013
Karl Englund

2. RECYCLING: the process of collecting and processing materials that would otherwise be thrown away as trash and turning them into new products. (
UPCYCLING: the process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of better quality or for better environmental value. (wikipedia.org)
DESIGN FOR DISASSEMBLY: a design process that allows easier access to the materials, parts and products of a building when it is renovated and/or disassembled. (studiof-waste.weebly.com)

3. Paper 66.8% recovery (2011) Where does it go? Paper Paperboard Liners
paperrecycles.org
66.8% recovery (2011)
Where does it go?
Paper
Paperboard
Liners
Cardboard

4. Plastics Film/Sheet 1B lbs – 6% recycled Where does it go?
Film/Sheet
1B lbs – 6% recycled
Where does it go?
WPC Decking, film
Bottles
PET – 30% recycled
Bottles, carpet
Clear HDPE – 27.5% recycled
All Plastics – 8.2% recycled
Plastic News 3/4/13, EPA MSW Generation, Recycling and Disposal in the US

5. Recycling in the Wood Composite Industry
Residues from:
Resulting Industries
Recycling in the Wood Composite Industry
Lumber
Pulp and Paper
Flooring
Particleboard
1930’s
bajajecotec.com
MDF
Molding
Furniture
1950’s
WPCs
1980’s
C&D Waste
Biofuels/Energy

6. Wood MSW/C&D MRF Mobile Chippers Current Markets Hog Fuel
MSW/C&D
MRF
Mobile Chippers
Current Markets
Hog Fuel
Compost/Mulch
Paper
Wood Composites PB
MDF

7. Wood to BioJet Fuels NARA USDA Grant Academia, Industry Wood wastes
Forest residues/slash
C&D
washingtondnr.wordpress.com
Hydrolysis
Fermentation
BioJet Fuel
Feedstock

8. How do we get better? What WSU is doing Future:
Composite Materials and Engineering Center
Recycling research ‘40s)
Processing, testing and evaluating products from recycled materials
Future:
Design for Deconstruction
Present:
Policy?
Incentives?
???

9. So what should we do with this??