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What to do with Wood Waste - Secondary Life for Wood Products

Season 3 Episode 27 Published 3 years, 3 months ago
Description

Lou Meyer, business developer for Davey's mid-Atlantic region,  talks about how Davey arborist deal with wood wastes and different ways to give wood a secondary life.

In this episode we cover:  

  • Where does wood waste go? (3:37)
  • Composting wood (5:19)
  • Unique ways to use wood waste (6:07)
  • Can homeowners keep their wood waste? (6:34)
  • Biochar (7:42)
  • Ways to use wood chips (12:55)
  • Potential concerns of wood chips(14:00)
  • Secondary life for larger wood waste (16:18)
  • Unique wood types (19:04)
  • Leaving wood on site vs recycling wood waste (20:38)
  •  Wildlife snags (22:25)


To learn more about biochar, read this blog.

To learn how you can live a more sustainable life beyond giving wood waste a secondary life, read this blog.

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