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Life Cycle of Reclaimed Wood

Life Cycle of Reclaimed Wood Viridian Wood Products, one Not all of the wood will make the grade, and we end up with a lot of metal and plastic waste. We recycle all of that, too. We ship our reclaimed wood products nationwide. 4'Only a small percentage of the wood we salvage can be made into finished products such as reclaimed wood flooring. We redlaim wood from a bunch of different sources. The refuse is literally dumped on The wood that makes the cut 5 of the Northwest's top wood recyclers, shares a behind- the-scenes look at how old wood is given new life. • Shipping & crating materials • Deconstructed warehouses • Old gym bleachers • Old barns, water tanks the floor of our warehouse, where the redamation magic happens. This part is hard work, but listening to great music helps. gets kiln dried and precision milled into gorgeous reclaimed wood flooring, paneling and tabletops. Why do we do it? We got into the reclaimed wood business for two reasons: Fortunately, we recycle in such volume that it adds up to a lot! REPORT REPORT CARD CARD and other structures EA viridian #1 Because reclaimed wood is better than virgin wood -and it has a fascinating story to tell. #2 Because Portland, OR is a rad place to live, Producing virgin wood flooring consumes But don't worry - we pay the 13x more cumulative energy than producing reclaimed wood flooring carbon offsets for our shipping in the form of renewable wind energy. Then we pull Finally, we Some wood becomes biofuel is repurposed as of metal banding, or is burned for utility-grade firewood. First, we sort the pile Mid-grade wood We recycle tons out all the nails band units of from the wood. and we want to ensure the highest quality of life for future generations. by hand. wood together. plastic and nylon. lumber for ship- ping pallets, etc. WE 1,000,000,000 ft x 9,500 Copyright © 2012 Viridian Wood Products www.ViridianWood.com x 941,000 99% Of our inbound materials are reclaimed or recycled. 40' The number of 40-foot-tall Doug fir trees it would take to equal the amount of wood we reclaimed in 2011. x 354 |2,000 tons Víridian reclaimed wood SOURCES: Viridian Wood Products; Scribner Scale; USDA; EPA; http://www.nrgsystems.co http://www.portofportland.com/SelfPost/A_2012620151057ExecDirReport.pdf; http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplrp/fpl_rp650.pdf; http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/37173; 1 TON Tons of breakbulk unloaded at the Port of Portland marine terminal in 2011. Amount of usable lumber that could be reclaimed from demolished buildings Amount of carbon displaced in one year by running a single wind turbine. (equivalent to planting 1 sq mile of forest) m/aboutwind/benefitsofwindenergy.aspx, The number of cars it would take to equal the carbon we sequestered in 2011. each year, the EPA estimates. 30 yards-

Life Cycle of Reclaimed Wood

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Part of the joy of using reclaimed wood flooring in your home is learning (and retelling) the story of where it came from. Much of the wood that’s reclaimed today has a long and fascinating past lif...

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