Reference flow in the MFA for which is suitable the technology
WASTES FROM WOOD PROCESSING AND THE PRODUCTION OF PANELS AND FURNITURE; SAWDUST; SHAVINGS CUTTINGS WOOD; PARTICLE BOARD (NON-HAZARDOUS); WOODEN PACKAGING FROM WASTE PACKAGING; WOOD FROM CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTES; WOOD (NON-HAZARDOUS) FROM WASTES FROM THE MECHANICAL TREATMENT OF WASTE (FOR EXAMPLE SORTING, CRUSHING, COMPACTING, PELLETISING); WOOD (NON-HAZARDOUS) FROM SEPARATELY COLLECTED FRACTIONS
Incoming input
From separately collected fractionsatment of waste
Wastes from wood processing and the production of panels and furniture: Sawdust, shavings, cuttings, wood, particle board (non-hazardous)
Wooden packaging from waste packaging (Austrian Waste Key Number SN 17 201)
Wood from construction and demolition wastes
Wood (non-hazardous) from wastes from the mechanical treatment of waste (for example sorting, crushing, compacting, pelletising)
Wood (non-hazardous) from separately collected fractions
Outgoing output
Technology description
Act&Sorb developed a technology that addresses the societal challenge by having identified a high value large market– the wood based activated carbon market – currently using also fresh wood! Act&Sorb has been able – aligned with its overall vision and strategy – to design the MDF waste treatment process in such a way that the component within the MDF waste causing it to be difficult to be recycled – the glue – is turned into a valued resource – enabling the production of nitrogen incorporated wood-board waste activated carbon, a specialty product with high market value. The concept has the potential to treat the full amount of fiberboard waste while eliminating the need for fresh wood for the production of wood based activated carbon
Organizative processes to support closing the loops
Mankind uses wood as a raw material since the stone age. It has been perceived to be an abundantly available even renewable resource, it literally grows everywhere and people have a natural tendency to apply wood for their everyday use in many ways Nevertheless, Recently, demand for wood and wood-based products are significant increasing, not only for reaching the renewable energy target but also for bio-products for biorefineries. Unfortunately, many of these products have become nowadays commodity products with “short” lifespans. They still have not found their way to be fully reused or recycled, lacking appropriate techno–economic solutions. One of these commodity products - being produced at 11.000.000 ton/year and resulting in 10.000.000 m³ of landfilled material – is fibreboard (MDF board), one of the wood-board types used in many cheaper type of furniture. Act&Sorb developed a technology that addresses the societal challenge by having identified a high value large market– the wood based activated carbon market – currently using also fresh wood! Act&Sorb has been able – aligned with its overall vision and strategy – to design the MDF waste treatment process in such a way that the component within the MDF waste causing it to be difficult to be recycled – the glue – is turned into a valued resource – enabling the production of nitrogen incorporated wood-board waste activated carbon, a specialty product with high market value. The concept has the potential to treat the full amount of fiberboard waste while eliminating the need for fresh wood for the production of wood based activated carbon.
Practitioners opinion
Possible limiting factors
PP’s opinion of the technology
Concept and conclusions how the technology can affect the CE effect
Is the technology a BAT?
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