The secret weapon of timber construction
This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer. Subscribe to the newsletter or update your preferences. The construction sector is one of the most polluting in Europe. Accord...
Giving New Life to Furniture with Extended Producer Responsibility
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The Italian National Furniture System Consortium (Consorzio Nazionale Sistema Arredo), launched in...
Andritz, technologies for sustainable substrates made from recovered wood
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Nowadays, the use of wood fibres in specialised substrates is supporting new soil regulations and ...
Startup, Urban Machine: robotics and AI for recovering waste wood
Urban Machine is a start-up leading the way in sustainable wood recovery. The US-based company uses artificial intelligence and robotics to remove metal fasteners from waste wood generated by constr...
Giving New Life to Wooden Packaging
The wooden packaging recycling sector is not very well-known. Perhaps because it’s rarely disposed of at home, or because there are no dedicated bins or door-to-door collection, this type of w...
Lucart Finds Sustainability in the Balance Between Virgin and Recycled Cellulose
Some materials can be infinitely recycled. This, unfortunately, does not apply to paper, which is usually recycled up to a maximum of seven times. However, a recent study, carried out by Graz Univer...
Startup, Ecococon: Straw and Wood Panels from Slovakia
“We are revolutionising the construction sector by providing a building system that is climate neutral, healthy, effective and designed to be safely returned to nature after use,” says E...
Building a Wood Construction Culture in Italy with ARCA
Health, energy efficiency, sustainability, beauty. The advantages of wood construction are well known, and, with the development of new building technologies and constant materials research, they ar...