Recycling MDF
The amount of MDF waste produced at the furniture production stage is in the region of 180,000 tonnes per annum. The vast majority of this waste, almost 99%, is directed towards landfill. Unlike particleboard, which may be recycled to some extent to produce fresh particleboard, there are production problems concerning the recycling of MDF to produce fresh MDF board. Consequently, MDF is not currently recycled in order to produce fresh MDF.
Waste minimisation
The creation of waste involves buying a raw material then spending time, money and energy processing it, before paying someone else to take it away. Wood waste is the specific issue which is associated with the timber and furniture industries, but there are other important sources of waste such as solvent, energy, packaging and transport fuel.
Water damage to kitchen worktops
Most worktops are constructed from a wood based particleboard substrate (chipboard), typically 28mm or 38mm thickness, and surfaced with a 0.7mm thick decorative facing laminate. A backing laminate of similar type and thickness is sometimes added to ensure panel stability, as well as providing, in the case of kitchen worktops, a barrier against water ingress
Wood and Wood Based Products