Wood: The UK Mass Balance and efficiency of use: summary report
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The document provides a summary of the UK timber industry mass balance for 2002 and brings together the findings of individual mass balance studies undertaken by the five key sectors in the timber industry. These are construction, furniture, joinery, packaging and pulp and paper. Mass balance provides a method for assessing resource flow by taking account of the material within a system at the beginning of an accounting period and measuring the material that enters and leaves the system during the accounting period.
Contents:
- Introduction
- Methodology
- Results
- Discussion
- Conclusions
- Authorisation
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Wood used in construction: The UK mass balance and efficiency of use
This report forms part of the Biffaward Programme on Sustainable Resource Use. In 2002, the UK net timber supply for the construction sector was 12.3 million tonnes and this accounted for four million of the six million tonnes of softwood entering the UK.
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Wood used in joinery: The UK mass balance and efficiency in use
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