Sentences with phrase «use of wood products»

I have no idea if they are correct or not, but I am definitely impressed with the creativity, animation, directing skills and rappelling ability of the people from Greenpeace who are protesting toy maker Mattel Inc.'s use of wood products obtained from Asia Pulp & Paper, a Singapore company.

For one, his published study does not take into account what is called the «substitution effect», which makes another weighty argument for cascading use: «The use of wood products helps to avoid greenhouse gas emissions that result during the production of non-wood products such as steel or concrete — and that applies equally for each additional cascading stage,» Professor Richter explained.

Not exact matches

Producers would have to develop new products and uses for the resource — gasoline, diesel, heating oil, asphalt, lubricants, petrochemicals and aviation fuel — before oil supplanted coal, wood and whale oil, the dominant energy sources of the day.

The Party also promises to help the forestry industry by examining a tax credit for the purchasing of machinery for efficiency and environmental performance, streamlining forestry regulations and supporting the development of biomass products that use wood fibre.

Managing for healthy forests and diversifying BC's forest product mix to include a greater number and array of higher value, solid wood products are also important tools that can be used to address the ongoing challenges of climate change.

But the largest contribution to restoring the carbon balance will be a reduction in world population since every person who lives makes a contribution to the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by his or her use of the products of industry or by burning wood for fuel.

Some of the company's other sustainable activities involve using water - based ink on all of its product bags; recycling card board, salt and wood pallets; and developing renewable and compostable packaging.

If you ship products that need to meet specific hygiene standards, consider using plastic pallets instead of wood.

Xylitol is often a by - product of the pulp and paper industry, and isn't limited to just birch — corn, nut shells, and wood chips are all used to make it as well.

First synthesized more than a century ago, DMSO is a natural by - product of wood - pulp manufacture and has been used for decades as an industrial solvent, paint thinner and additive in a number of chemical products.

The fast - growing nature of bamboo makes it an eco-friendly choice for flooring and other wood products, but the process used to turn bamboo plants into bamboo fleece is a chemical process.

Some ingredients from just one of the manufacturers we carry: — Recycled Rubber wood (clean, natural rubber wood recycled from rubber trees no longer able to produce latex); — Non-Chemical Preservative Wood (stabilized using a chemical - free kiln - drying process); — Non-Formaldehyde Glue (toys assembled using a non-formaldehyde glue in place of the traditional toxic wood glue); — Water Based Dye (non-toxic, water based dyes to add accent colors to products, containing no heavy metal elements such as lead, mercury, etc..)

The wipe material used in this product is a blend of wood pulp, polypropylene and polyethylene, all mild, non-harmful components.

Some of the panels of our products also use CARB II - compliant MDF and 100 % wood veneers.

In contrast, soot produced by burning biofuels is often a product of dung - or wood - powered cookstoves used indoors and in densely populated areas.

Mahdi Abu - Omar, Purdue's R.B. Wetherill Professor of Chemistry, holds a small vial containing results of a new catalytic process that can convert the lignin in wood into high - value chemical products for use in fragrances and flavoring.

At the same time, they are continuously working towards higher purity levels in the native extracts because commonly used tannins from overseas achieve slightly better results in terms of the solidity and water resistance of glued wood products.

It took creativity and, in some cases, ingenuity on the part of local vendors to recreate products using natural elements, whether a window sealant or a wood glue.

All of their products are handcrafted by «fair trade» (fairly compensated) artisans in India using sustainably harvested wood and natural vegetable - based dyes.

Builders of the Brock Environmental Center in Virginia Beach, Va., used locally sourced materials, as well as salvaged wood and granite, instead of new products that had to be mined and transported long distances.

«Our wood foam can be used in exactly the same way as conventional plastic spray foams, but is an entirely natural product made from sustainable raw materials,» explains Professor Volker Thole of the WKI.

As part of the international ERA - NET project, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd developed, in collaboration with its partners, a tannin extraction process from bark material generated as a by - product in the paper and wood industry to give added value to the fraction currently used for incineration.

It's used in a variety of industrial products and practices, from wood preservatives, pesticides and fertilizers, to copper smelting.

Use of wood - based material will lower energy consumption at the production stage, as well as reducing the products» carbon footprint.

Like other manufactured products that use sandwich panel construction to achieve a combination of light weight and strength, turbine blades contain carefully arrayed strips of balsa wood from Ecuador, which provides 95 percent of the world's supply.

«You can use the waste product from the distilling process or any number of other sources of biomass, such as switchgrass or wood pulp.

How about gin made with ants... Distillery adds new dimension to insect potential By Rachel Arthur +, 20 - May - 2015 «A UK craft distiller and a Danish food lab have collaborated to produce Anty Gin: a product using the essence of red wood ants and botanicals.»

Commercial production can use wood shavings, and other vinegars as the base (speeding fermentation), changing the makeup of the end product.

Sounds like a good way to go, to cut down on numbers of products needed, but using a wood cleaner seems so counter-intuitive!

The Onyx concept uses a wide range of natural and repurposed products, including copper, carbon fiber, compressed - newspaper «wood» and a one - piece felt interior.

The uses of wood are numerous, mostly construction, paper for publishing, packaging and household products such as tissue, paper towels and so on.

The company, which uses wood in its cat litter products, launched Timber Fresh, all - natural litter designed to provide excellent odor control, invoke a woodland feel with the power of Hinoki cypress, and resist bacteria and mold without the use of harsh chemicals.

«Next Gen products have always used the power of nature; we use naturally occurring bacterial suppressants like wood, green tea and hinoki to control the odor in your litterbox by controlling bacteria growth before it starts rather than masking it with artificial fragrances,» she said.

Given the premium quality of natural chews, Rashell Cooper, marketing director for Redbarn Pet Products in Long Beach, Calif., also suggested that retailers use innovative displays made from natural materials like wood when possible.

Tapping into the local resources of Japan, the company also uses the wood of the mold - resistant, anti-bacterial Hinoki cypress in its Cypress Fresh and Forest Fresh products.

Villa Mahapala offers Modern Ethnic Luxury private villas in Sanur, Bali comprising of 20 pool villas designed in modern style combines with Balinese accessories using Indonesian local products especially the wood and copper accents Villa Mahapala in Sanur is a luxury boutique resort uniquely designed and decorated in twelve signs of zodiac combined with immaculate facilities for an unforgettable holiday experience.

Walton, a commercial printmaker by trade and later an instructor at Moore College of Art and Design (1974 - 1990), was often more interested in the materials used for printmaking — wood, lead, steel — than in the finished product.

Interested in the materials used for printmaking — wood, lead, steel — more than the finished product, Walton began to make three - dimensional pieces after seeing an exhibition of sculpture at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

His early work includes sculptural works that used common objects such as a low dining table as a material of «wood», and a series of wood sculpture «TSUCHINABURI Factory Product» that used matchsticks, also a common object.

David Nash is a British sculptor who uses a wide range of wood products and other natural materials to create unique works.

David Nash is a British sculptor who uses a wide range of wood products and other natural materials to create unique works, which have earned him international acclaim.

The US uses 27 % of the planet's wood products.

Just as incinerators often start out burning forestry waste, and end up using virgin wood once supply of «waste» runs out, so too anaerobic digestion plants may begin by using food waste, and end up utilizing forest products or other «biofuels» grown deliberately for the purpose.

The SFI label means the fiber used to make paper and wood products was sourced responsibly, meeting the strict, independent requirements of SFI.

Instead of making money by harvesting forests for wood products and for crops like palm oil, governments and citizens in the developing world would need to accept a different model based on so - called conservation payments, which could be used for education, health care, and alternative economic development.

But even better is using wood from recycled products - like old whiskey barrels, the source of Shwood's latest line.

I have to dock points for the impact of transporting wood from Europe to the West Coast, but at least it was a well used product destined to be reused, and in a really cool way.

The Lacey Act of 1900, originally passed to regulate trade in bird feathers used for hats and amended in 2008 to cover wood and other plant products, requires companies to make detailed disclosures about wood imports and bars the purchase of goods exported in violation of a foreign country's laws.

Inside, they have used natural materials (wool carpets, wood floors) and minimized the use of products with VOCs.

The American Lung Association recognizes that pollution from the combustion of wood and other biomass sources poses a significant threat to human health, and supports measures to transition away from using these products for heat production.