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Timber: Butts, Cordwood,
Foliage and scrap timber. |
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All parts of the tree are
used. Foliage and cordwood up to 100mm
diameter is chipped on site and
transported to our depot for
processing. This saves on
transportation as the volume is reduced
by approximately 8 to 1. The chips are
composted and screened to be used as a
horticultural mulch, with the oversize
chips used to create woodlands paths. |
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Cordwood is converted for
use as fuelwood. Being CO2 neutral this
provides the cleanest form of heating
available. |
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Butts. Only a small
proportion of the butts we deal with
are suitable for sawmilling into
useable planks. The rest goes for
fuelwood. Timber with nails and wire
attached are used by ourselves. |
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Woodheating. We have a
large woodheating plant in our depot
using some of the wood we heat our
offices, workshop and stores. Surplus
heat is used by two adjoining private
dwellings. We estimate a reduction of
oil use of around 20,000 lt. per year. |
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Wood ash from the heating
plant is used by local organic
gardeners. We also use it mixed with
composted sawdust and other materials
to make peat substitute. |
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Scrap timber e.g. posts,
stakes, crates etc. All this material
is checked and if suitable stored for
reuse. The remainder is used as wood
fuel. Grass, hedge clippings and other
organic material is all returned to our
depot for composting. We presently
re-use or re-cycle 100% of all woody or
organic material handled. Apart from
the huge environmental benefit it
reduces cost to our customers. |
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Hardfill e.g. old
concrete, stones etc. This material is
saved and reused in its present form or
crushed for deep path bases.
Approximately 96% is reused/recycled. |
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Clays/soil. All soil is
saved and returned to our depot. It is
then screened, blended and reused.
Approximately 80% of this material is
reused/recycled. |
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Metals. All metals are
saved and processed through normal
commercial outlets. |
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Plastic. All plastic bags
are reused. Hard plastic is shredded
and used for drainage or path bases.
Sheet material is used under paths or
hardstandings in addition to geotextile
fabric where loadings are not high.
Some plastics are sent to recycling
centres. |
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Glass. We collect very
little glass. Any we do is put into the
nearest glass collection receptacle. |
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Paper, Cardboard etc. It
is not environmentally economic to
transport this material and it is
usually used in our heating plant when
it is being lit each month. |
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Water. We collect
rainwater off our building and store
it in 3,000 lt. tanks for reuse. It is
reused in our workshop e.g. washing
vehicles, filling radiators and also
for watering trees and plants in our
nursery area. |
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