Eco-efficiency analysis of recycling recovered solid wood from construction into laminated timber products
Abstract
To establish a bioeconomy, the demand for renewable resources like wood is likely to increase. To satisfy the demand, cascading, i.e. the sequential use of one unit of a resource in multiple applications with energy recovery as the final step, is a key concept to improve the efficiency of wood utilization. Today, the systematic wood cascading is still in its infancies and limited to the downcycling of wood, i.e. the degradation of material quality. New recycling technologies are needed, which maintain the material quality at the beginning of the cascade chain and mobilize yet unused resources. Therefore, a new recycling technology for recovered solid wood from construction into glued laminated timber products was developed. 1 To identify the environmental and economic performance of the process, the eco-efficiency was assessed by the joint application of life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle costing (LCC). As reference system, the incineration of the recovered wood was analyzed, representing the common treatment for recovered wood from construction in Germany. System expansion was applied to solve multifunctionality. The results indicate that the recycling of recovered wood into glued laminated timber products is environmentally and economically viable and offers possibility for the production of value added products. The recycling further shows up to 29% of lower environmental impacts and 32% of lower costs compared to the incineration, if system expansion is based on w…
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In the last decade, an emphasis away from a linear economy to a CE has been prominent as a research trend for timber recovery.
“In the last decade, an emphasis away from a linear economy to a CE has been prominent as a research trend for timber recovery [43,48,49].”
From Circular Economy of Construction and Demolition Wood Waste—A Theoretical Framework Approach (2022) · cites this paper as [49]
Only one study in Germany combined LCA and LCC for recovered solid wood from construction into GLT products and compared environmental and economic impacts with incineration of salvaged wood.
“Only one study in Germany combined the life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle costing (LCC) for recovered solid wood from construction into gluedlaminated timber (GLT) products and compared environmental and economic impacts with the incineration of salvaged wood [49].”
From Circular Economy of Construction and Demolition Wood Waste—A Theoretical Framework Approach (2022) · cites this paper as [49]
Recycling recovered wood into GLT products shows up to 29% lower environmental impacts and 32% lower costs than incineration.
“Recycling further shows up to 29% lower environmental impacts and 32% lower costs than incineration.”
From Circular Economy of Construction and Demolition Wood Waste—A Theoretical Framework Approach (2022) · cites this paper as [49]
Recycling recovered wood into GLT products is environmentally and economically viable and can produce value-added products.
“Their results indicated that recycling recovered wood into GLT products is environmentally and economically viable and can produce value-added products.”
From Circular Economy of Construction and Demolition Wood Waste—A Theoretical Framework Approach (2022) · cites this paper as [49]
The utilisation of CDWW brings an ecological balance to the environment and economic benefits.
“The utilisation of CDWW brings an ecological balance to the environment and economic benefits [49].”
From Circular Economy of Construction and Demolition Wood Waste—A Theoretical Framework Approach (2022) · cites this paper as [49]
Different composite materials and thermal and noise insulating products are made using CDWW.
“Moreover, different composite materials and thermal and noise insulating products are made using CDWW [49,64,65,67].”
From Circular Economy of Construction and Demolition Wood Waste—A Theoretical Framework Approach (2022) · cites this paper as [49]
The use of recycled wood for producing new products is technically feasible and an economically viable project.
“Several studies have demonstrated that-for producing new products-the use of recycled wood is technically feasible and an economically viable project [49].”
From Circular Economy of Construction and Demolition Wood Waste—A Theoretical Framework Approach (2022) · cites this paper as [49]
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- Authors
- Risse, M., Weber-Blaschke, G., & Richter, K.
- Affiliations
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Risse, Michael
- Venue
- Science of The Total Environment
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-04
- Volume
- 661
- Pages
- 107-119
- ISSN
- 0048-9697 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2908765550
- Cited by
- 84
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 6
- FWCI
- 2.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- The Science of The Total Environment (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (FKZ 22005114)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Forestry › Agricultural and Food Sciences
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
- Keywords
- glued laminated timber, eco-efficiency, wood energy, life cycle assessment, life cycle cost analysis, bioeconomy, value-added wood products, material recycling
- MeSH terms
- Construction Materials, Environment, Germany, Wood, Incineration, Recycling
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