Utilization of Waste Timber.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 October 1921, Page 3

Utilization of Waste Timber.

An enormous amount <if wood is wasted in the process of converting the felled tree into merchantable timber. It has been estimated that in the f'liied Stales alone the quantity ol wood waste produced annually in th” saw-mill amounts to 4.1100 million cubit;, feet. .Much of the wood at present wasted could be utilized for such purposes as the manufacture of paper pulp and the production of lurpentint, acetic acid, and otliei products. The question has recently received consideration in New Zealand, and it has been suggested that the waste, in some instances, might lie used tor papermaking in place of imported wood-pulp. In order to ascertain the suitability of certain New Zealand timbers for t-liis purpose, ail investigation has boon conducted at the Imperial Institute, tie results of which are recorded in th current number ol its quarterly Bulb'11,,. It was found that the timbers examined could all be used for the manufacture'of pa]K‘i'-piilp, hut whether such an industry would he profitable m New Zealand would depend on purely economic factors, such as the quantity of waste wood available, its cost at tin* pulp-mill, and the price of fuel and cheniicals. —English paper. ___