Reuse of Wood
Contact: Dr. George Ntalos
Email address: gntalos @ uth.gr
Description
The Reuse of Wood initiative focuses on transforming old furniture, pallets, and demolition wood waste into valuable resources within the circular bioeconomy framework, reducing landfill dependency, lowering carbon footprints, and supporting sustainable forest management.
The innovation developed advanced sorting technologies to identify and classify demolition wood by quality, species, and treatment history. The process continues by removing all hazardous additives, such as varnishes, and upcycling the materials into high-value products, including glued-laminated timber (GLT), cross-laminated timber (CLT), particleboards, pellets, and briquettes.
Organised by
The Department of Forestry, Wood Science & Design at the University of Thessaly, in Greece, offers an integrated 5-year master’s programme. Students acquire scientific knowledge in new and innovative subjects, contributing to the sustainable management of natural environments.
Objective
- Produce value-added wood product innovations.
Innovation support services
- Capacity building and skills training.
- Facilities for prototyping/piloting (e.g., FabLab).
- Networking and partnership brokerage.
- Technical assistance.
Innovation stages
Key assets
- Defined production line for different kinds of wood-glued products.
- Equipment necessary for testing.
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