Life cycle assessment of end-of-life engineered wood

SH Farjana, O Tokede, Z Tao, M Ashraf - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Medium-density fibreboards (MDFs) and particleboards are engineered woods well-known
for durability and structural strength. Wood shavings or discarded wooden products can be …

Comparative LCA of wood waste management strategies generated from building construction activities

MU Hossain, CS Poon - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018 - Elsevier
The management of a large amount of wood waste generated from construction activities is
a challenging issue. However, wood waste is an inherently renewable resource that can be …

Utilization of recovered wood in cascades versus utilization of primary wood—a comparison with life cycle assessment using system expansion

K Höglmeier, G Weber-Blaschke, K Richter - The International Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Purpose A cascading utilization of resources is encouraged especially by legislative bodies.
However, only few consecutive assessments of the environmental impacts of cascading are …

Life cycle assessment of paper production from treated wood

AI M'hamdi, NI Kandri, A Zerouale, D Blumberga… - Energy Procedia, 2017 - Elsevier
The potential health and environmental impacts associated with the improper management
of chemically treated wood waste demands the adoption of recycling, and disposal …

Sustainable strategies analysis through Life Cycle Assessment: a case study in a furniture industry

DR Iritani, DAL Silva, YMB Saavedra, PFF Grael… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2015 - Elsevier
This article aims to analyze sustainable strategies by assessing the environmental
performance of a wardrobe built from medium density particleboard. For this, the Life cycle …

Life cycle assessment–opportunities for forest products sector

A Kutnar, C Hill - BioProducts Business, 2017 - biobus.swst.org
Life Cycle Assessment – Opportunities for Forest Products Sector Page 1 Abstract The utilization
of wood in long life products, such as construction materials in the built environment, is an …

Life cycle assessment of wood-based boards produced in Japan and impact of formaldehyde emissions during the use stage

K Nakano, K Ando, M Takigawa, N Hattori - The International Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose This study aims to conduct a comprehensive life cycle assessment (LCA) of wood-
based boards to support environmentally conscious design. The goal is achieved by the …

Analysis of the global warming potential for wood waste recycling systems

MH Kim, HB Song - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2014 - Elsevier
Wood waste is a renewable resource that can be recycled for particleboard production or
energy production. Particleboard is the most common product of wood waste recycling, and …

Life cycle assessment of plywood manufacturing process in China

L Jia, J Chu, L Ma, X Qi, A Kumar - International journal of environmental …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Life cycle assessment (LCA) has been an important issue in the development of a circular
economy. LCA is used to identify environmental impacts and hotspots associated with …

Life cycle inventory of particleboard: a case study in the wood sector (8 pp)

B Rivela, A Hospido, T Moreira, G Feijoo - The International Journal of Life …, 2006 - Springer
Abstract Goal, Scope and Background Wood has many applications and it is often in
competition with other materials. Chipboard is the most common item of wood-based …