ReviewCurrent forestry reports2024
Sustainability, Circularity, and Innovation in Wood-based Panel Manufacturing in the 2020s: Opportunities and Challenges.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Influence of the Spent Coffee Ground-to-Ammonium Lignosulfonate Ratio on the Performance of Wood-Fiber Biocomposites.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Recent Advances and Sustainability Perspectives of Biobased Wood Panel Adhesives: Toward Cleaner and Formaldehyde-Free Wood Products.Polymers · 2026Review
- Valorisation of waste OSB into sustainable mycelium-based composites for insulation applications.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Sandwich Mycelium-Based Composite Panels Fabricated with a Lightweight Core from Forest Waste UsingJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Recycling paper waste into structural cellulose composites with enhanced mechanical and thermal performance.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Influence of Bio-Based Infill Materials on the Fire Resistance of Panelised Timber Wall Assemblies-A Pilot Study.Polymers · 2025Article
- Alternative Wood Raw Material Sources in Particleboard and OSB Production-Challenges and Perspectives.Polymers · 2025Review
- Usability of Particles Made from Lesser-Used European Wood Species Mixed with Spruce Particles in the Particleboard Core Layer.Polymers · 2025Article
- Development and Characterization of Biodegradable, Binderless Fiberboards from Eggplant Straw Fibers.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Purpose of review: This review explores the opportunities and challenges associated with using unconventional and underutilized wood sources, such as fast-growing species, logging residues, fire-damaged wood, and post-consumer wood, to manufacture wood-based composite panels (WBCPs), particularly particleboard, medium-density fiberboard (MDF), and oriented strand board. This paper also discusses recent advancements in lightweight and multifunctional panels, with new features such as fire resistance, electrical conductivity, electromagnetic shielding, and antibacterial laminates. Recent findings: Climate change, wildfires, and competition from the energy sector threaten current sources of fiber supply for WBCP manufacturing in some regions. Logging residues are abundant but underutilized in some areas, and the abundance of fire-damaged wood is expected to increase in the coming years due to climate change. These raw materials' effects on panel properties and technological limitations are discussed. Recycled wood is increasingly used for non-structural panels, but challenges remain when it comes to recycling panels, particularly post-consumer MDF. Conventional and emerging materials used in lightweight and multifunctional panels are also presented. Natural substances like cellulose, nanocellulose, chitosan, lignin, protein, and phytic acid are promising alternatives to conventional fire retardants. Innovative products such as MDF that contains carbon-based conductive fibers and antimicrobial laminates that use green-synthesized metal compounds are also reported. Summary: This review shows that the WBCP industry can improve its sustainability by optimizing and diversifying wood sources, better managing and recycling post-consumer panels, and using more environmentally friendly materials. The hazardous chemicals in adhesives, fire retardants, and coatings are the main obstacles to recycling panels and creating a more circular economy within the WBCP industry.
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