{"id":99709,"date":"2021-10-28T07:23:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T05:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=99709"},"modified":"2022-01-07T17:08:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T16:08:13","slug":"5-things-you-must-know-about-the-stage-of-circularity-in-european-wood-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/5-things-you-must-know-about-the-stage-of-circularity-in-european-wood-products\/","title":{"rendered":"5 things you must know about the stage of circularity in European wood products"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Looking into the role of the forest-based sector in the Circular-Bioeconomy the WoodCircus project team of course had to outline the stage of circularity. Now that wood is subject to fluctuations of prices, it feels even more urgent to update anyone about the approaches to make products and businesses circular. We need to think more about how wood can become a circular resource!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The WoodCircus Good Practice Catalogue and the Circularity Rating System for wood based products support decision-making on circularity in the wood sector. Both documents can be found at the Renewable Carbon Publications website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good Practice Catalogue:
https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/publications\/woodcircus-good-practice-catalogue<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Circularity Rating System:
https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/publications\/circularity-rating-system-for-wooden-products<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We summarized our findings from two of our work packages on a circular rating system for wood products and a good practices catalogue in 5 things that anyone should know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Measuring circularity of wood requires a rating system of 13 indicators<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s start with measuring circularity of wood products.  Monitoring<\/strong> the production, design and business changes towards circularity is a very hot-discussed topic<\/strong> these days. Problems start with diverging CE definitions<\/strong> and end with the challenge how to compare different product groups, materials and benchmark products. WoodCircus opened the discussion with industry experts<\/strong> on how circularity of wood shall be measured. The outcome<\/strong> is a rating system with the following 13 social, economic and environmental indicators:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. % of recycled content<\/li>
  2. Waste management<\/li>
  3. Recycling potential<\/li>
  4. Lifetime<\/li>
  5. Impurities of the product<\/li>
  6. Energy efficiency<\/li>
  7. Sustainability of the wooden biomass<\/li>
  8. Innovation<\/li>
  9. Social acceptance<\/li>
  10. Regulatory framework<\/li>
  11. Resource efficiency<\/li>
  12. Climate change<\/li>
  13. Business economic viability<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Watch this video to learn more about the relevant indicators for circularity measurement of wooden products<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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