Environmental Impacts of Traditional and Innovative Forest-based Bioproducts

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kutnar, Andreja (Editor), Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes,
• Subjects: Environment.; Forest products.; Building materials.; Environmental management.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Sustainable development.; Environmental Management.; Wood Science & Technology.; Building Materials.; Sustainable Development.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.

This book provides a comprehensive description of traditional and innovative forest-based bioproducts, from pulp and paper, wood-based composites and wood fuels to chemicals and fiber-based composites. The descriptions of different types of forest-based bioproducts are supplemented by the environmen...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Forest-based bioproducts
• Cascade use of forest-based bioproducts
• Environmental impacts of wood processing
• Environmental impacts of use, maintenance, repair and refurbishment of forest-based bioproducts
• Service life and end of life of forest-based bioproducts & their environmental implications
• Climate change & wood-based products
• Reuse, recycle and upgrading of forest-based bioproducts
• Eco-labels of forest-based bioproducts
• Business – bioproducts in bioeconomy.