Here we post research, articles, and views about the climate impact of incinerating waste wood (or wood in general). Eco Materials is in favor of utilizing wood as a mean to capture and hold carbon, but welcome research and opinions that contradicts this view. If you have relevant research we should add, please get in touch.
Please, read this one if you care:
THE CIRCULARITY GAP REPORT 2023
“The global economy is now only 7.2% circular; and it’s getting worse year on year—driven by rising material extraction and use”.
“First, burning trees results in more carbon dioxide emission for a unit of energy output (e.g., BTUs). In fact, some smokestack emission tests show burning wood results in carbon emissions 2.5 times higher than natural gas and 30 percent higher than coal” Burning Wood? Caring for the Earth? — Research — Department of Ecosystem Science and Management (psu.edu)
”Moves to designate wood as a low-carbon fuel have alarmed environmentalists” Is wood a green source of energy? Scientists are divided | Science | AAAS
Tackling climate change without changing biomass rules is like “trying to bail out a boat with a hole in the bottom”. A group of more than 500 scientists have signed a letter calling on the EU to stop treating the burning of biomass as carbon neutral. Stop burning trees for energy, hundreds of scientists tell EU leaders
“No, Burning Wood Fuels Is Not Climate-Friendly – As Europe and the United States look to cut their carbon emissions, the biomass industry wants us to pretend that logging forests in the American South could help”. No, Burning Wood Fuels Is Not Climate-Friendly (nrdc.org)
“Wood burning is a significant source of climate pollutants and contributes to global warming”. Wood burning and our climate (dsawsp.org)
“Wood Is Not the Climate-friendly Building Material Some Claim it to Be”
Analyzing Mass Timber’s Climate Impact | World Resources Institute (wri.org)
comment by Tommy Walvåg, CEO Eco Materials: “well written article with very valid points, but is not taking into consideration the value of recycling wood products”
Stop burning trees for energy, hundreds of scientists tell EU leaders
Estimating the potential for recycling in Europe
https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/the-case-for-increasing-recycling
