Abstract
Willamette Industries began in early 1990s the large-scale use of recycled urban wood as a raw material for particleboard. With the opening of its Eugene plant in 1991, Willamette found itself short on raw materials to supply its Oregon mills. The company's existing facilities were already experiencing substantial price increase due to several factors. To make the Eugene plant stay opened, Willamette arranged for the acquisition and preparation of recycled woods 10,000 tons/month. By 1994, Eugene was converted from the production of particleboard to medium density fiberboard (MDF). So far, Willamette has been successful in its use of recycled wood as raw material for particleboard and MDF.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 53-56 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| State | Published - 1996 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1996 Conference on the Use of Recycled Wood and Paper in Building Applications - Madison, WI, USA Duration: Sep 9 1996 → Sep 11 1996 |
Conference
| Conference | Proceedings of the 1996 Conference on the Use of Recycled Wood and Paper in Building Applications |
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| City | Madison, WI, USA |
| Period | 09/9/96 → 09/11/96 |