Abstract
Circular economy may play a key role in the future success of modified wood products. The European Union (EU) aims toward a circular economy, i.e. increasing resource efficiency by waste minimization in production processes, cascade uses of materials, elimination of landfill wastes, and maximizing the value of raw materials. The policy has great expected impact across all sectors, and will influence countries with strong wood modification industries, such as Finland, Germany, Norway, and the Netherlands. It also means considerable economic efforts and sets transformation challenges to the societies and industries. Challenges have country-wise differences depending on production structure, environmental circumstances, local policies and regulations, as well as economic resources. This paper is an outlook of the renewed waste legislation in the EU, based on which it assesses the possible impacts of circular economy development on the future of wood modification. One of the key indicators for resource efficiency is € kg−1, which allows pursuing increased efficiency by minimizing material input (and waste) and/or by maximizing the value. In the case of modified wood, both of these approaches may be considered market opportunities, while the key challenge and the consequent need for action relate to improved waste management.
Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
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Honorarium: None declared.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Wood modification research in Europe
- Review
- Outlook for modified wood use and regulations in circular economy
- Original Articles
- Suitability of a lignin-derived mono-phenol mimic to replace phenol in phenol-formaldehyde resin for use in wood treatment
- Beech wood treated with polyglycerol succinate: a new effective method for its protection and stabilization
- Study on the impregnation quality of rubberwood (Hevea brasiliensis Müll. Arg.) and English oak (Quercus robur L.) sawn veneers after treatment with 1,3-dimethylol-4,5- dihydroxyethyleneurea (DMDHEU)
- The effect of diammonium phosphate and sodium silicate on the adhesion and fire properties of birch veneer
- Enhanced bonding of acetylated wood with an MUF-based adhesive and a resorcinol-formaldehyde-based primer
- Brown rot gene expression and regulation in acetylated and furfurylated wood: a complex picture
- Investigation of the effect of aging on wood hygroscopicity by 2D 1H NMR relaxometry
- Dynamic vapour sorption protocols for the quantification of accessible hydroxyl groups in wood
- A molecular model for reversible and irreversible hygroscopicity changes by thermal wood modification
- Effect of service life aspects on carbon footprint: a comparison of wood decking products
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Wood modification research in Europe
- Review
- Outlook for modified wood use and regulations in circular economy
- Original Articles
- Suitability of a lignin-derived mono-phenol mimic to replace phenol in phenol-formaldehyde resin for use in wood treatment
- Beech wood treated with polyglycerol succinate: a new effective method for its protection and stabilization
- Study on the impregnation quality of rubberwood (Hevea brasiliensis Müll. Arg.) and English oak (Quercus robur L.) sawn veneers after treatment with 1,3-dimethylol-4,5- dihydroxyethyleneurea (DMDHEU)
- The effect of diammonium phosphate and sodium silicate on the adhesion and fire properties of birch veneer
- Enhanced bonding of acetylated wood with an MUF-based adhesive and a resorcinol-formaldehyde-based primer
- Brown rot gene expression and regulation in acetylated and furfurylated wood: a complex picture
- Investigation of the effect of aging on wood hygroscopicity by 2D 1H NMR relaxometry
- Dynamic vapour sorption protocols for the quantification of accessible hydroxyl groups in wood
- A molecular model for reversible and irreversible hygroscopicity changes by thermal wood modification
- Effect of service life aspects on carbon footprint: a comparison of wood decking products