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Timber by Mind Map: Timber

1. Benefits

1.1. Timber Pallets, Packaging & Climate Change

1.1.1. Every cubic metre of wood absorbs approximately one tonne of the greenhouse gas CO2 – so a single timber pallet stores around 27kg of carbon. In Europe, there are more than four billion pallets in circulation: that’s 108 million tonnes of carbon absorbed and stored.

1.2. Re-usable, Repairable & Recyclable

1.2.1. Pallets and packaging made from wood are not only environmentally friendly, they are also very easy to repair! The European timber industry makes good use of every part of a harvested tree, from the main trunk to thinnings and smaller offcuts. Timber pallets and packaging utilise smaller logs and falling boards removed from larger pieces as part of this highly efficient cascade model. When they get to the end of their useful life, pallets and packaging are used in a variety of ways: energy recovery (heating), landscape mulch, animal bedding, soil enhancements, wood particle board or pressed wood pallets. Pallets and packaging made from plastics cannot be repaired or recycled in the same way. A timber pallet is also up to six times lower in price than its plastic equivalent.

1.3. A Natural Choice for Food Transport

1.3.1. Wood products are used in domestic and professional kitchens all over the world: in chopping boards; worktops; kitchen utensils; kebab skewers; toothpicks; lolly sticks and wine barrels to name a few (4) . With natural strength, flexibility and antibacterial properties (5) , wood has long been the material of choice for the crates, boxes and pallets used in the transport and distribution of food.

2. Timeline

3. Location

3.1. Timber is felled wood and can be found anywhere from the forest floor to timber.

4. Challenges

4.1. Moving it..

5. Long Term Outlook

5.1. We are re-planting timber to make sure we have it for the next generation and hopefully they do the same.