Plywood, alternative material

The crisis facing the world s tropical rainforests and the need to preserve them are widely acknowledged around the globe. To support the movement for preventing destruction of the Earth s valuable forests, we have developed an alternative material to lauan and conifer plywood for concrete forms. This material basically consists of particle board made of chips of lumber-recycled material. 

Key Words Alternative Material To Plywood, Conifer Plywood, Flexible Reinforcement, Forest Preservation, Glass Fiber, Lauan Plywood, Particle Board, Scrap Lumber. 

Oriented Strandboard (OSB). Oriented strandboard (OSB) panels have been developed as an alternative to plywood in building construction. The emergence of OSB was driven in part by a decreased supply of large diameter logs suitable for veneer production, and by innovation and productivity changes in the North American wood products industry over the past few decades as well as the structural performance of OSB products, which are suitable for use in most plywood applications but at a much lower cost. In addition, OSB manufacture allows small, low grade timber resources to be processed into a marketable product. This effectively saves raw materials that are in short supply and promotes efficient utilization of wood (3,5,6). 

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