Challenge Of Waste

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28753, 26 November 1958, Page 11

Challenge Of Waste

T Ls£sS ■ .r.t zstry has always t f mal’.er.ze to management. ■* ». makers have been m ? mt •- z -7;- have used their r -1 ' s -»53 I" minimise waste £i- t ' - * —--’em products from _ - nar’.e straw, sawdust i.-: v---.mi ps have taken their . • * :.-z and constructs i -£5 2? m-re conventional ~ ~z :« not only one -« -.res* but also one of '■ —r— - astefu • industries. The t— taf always been to find nr -rrrrrm-r process to convert wood into usable mar’eraj*. ' .y* -f sawdust aad other - • - as-es for manufacture r ri_-£ board had been "•*: --- T •^- res previously, but - - rr-ej-pment of synthetic T ---t es .n the 1930’s made ■ ; pr-eess feasible and eco-

It was soon realised that the early attempts to use joinery waste were producing a material of only moderate quality and usefulness. From this developed the more versatile, wood particle boards which are now made from speci-ally-cut and sized shavings bonded with synthetic resins.