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URBAN WOOD RECYCLING SYSTEMS & MARKET DEVELOPMENT
Creating Social Equity, Economic Diversity and Environmental Sustainability
THE CUT MODEL
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URBAN WOOD & CARBON
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~12.7 Million

Instead, the vast majority of our fallen urban trees are chipped, burned or landfilled.
* Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 46 (2019), Annual biomass loss and potential value of urban tree waste in the United States, David J. Nowak, Eric J. Greenfield, Ryan M. Ash
Metric Tonnes of Dried Urban Lumber is Available to be Produced Every Year in America.*
Metric Tonnes of Carbon is Available to Continue to be Sequestered within Durable Urban Wood Products, Every Year in America.*

* Based upon an average 3.5lbs per dried board foot
* Dried wood on average is 50% Carbon by weight

~6.35 MILLION

Instead, the vast majority of our fallen urban trees are chipped, burned or landfilled.
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~154 Million

Capturing Only 40% of the Available Quality Urban Lumber that is Typically Chipped and Instead Converting it into Durable Urban Wood Products, Would have a Carbon Impact Equivalent to Planting Approximately 154 million trees and Growing them for Ten Years, Every Year in America..*
* United States, EPA, Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator
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URBAN WOOD

Any wood, sourced from any tree, that came down for any reason, other than its wood value. It can come from Urban, Suburban or Rural environments
Storm damaged, blight stricken, aged out orchard trees, dead & dying trees, etc...
On average, dried wood is 50% carbon by weight

Carbon in Wood

MISSED OPPORTUNITIES
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