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Wood Waste Market Situation Report (opens new window)

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A wood chipper can process many tonnes of wood per hour. The nails, screws and other ferrous metals must be removed by magnets. These machines can cost £200,000 or more.

With the challenge of reducing our reliance on fossil fuels, woodchip from clean wood waste can provide an easily available source of “sustainable energy” and its contribution to overall electricity supply is set to double over the next few years as more plants become operational.

This is a delivery of woodchip into a relatively small building that has a wood–fired heating system. The chips are blown into the chipstore. This kind of system is becoming more popular as the cost of the heating equipment falls and the availability of woodchip increases.

Woodchip is also used for paths, tracks and forest rides. If used for gallops or for playground areas, to be safe the material must be free from contaminants - such as glass, stone or metal.

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