Reclamation, reuse, and the Urban Wood Project

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By using reclaimed wood in furniture, the carbon remains sequestered / Credit: Room & Board
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By using reclaimed wood in furniture, the carbon remains sequestered / Credit: Room & Board

How much wood would a wood-consuming world waste? Formed in 2018 under the auspices of the USDA Forest Service, the Urban Wood Project began in Baltimore to reclaim wood that would otherwise be burned or landfilled

Thanks to disease, development or simply old age, roughly 36 million trees come down each year in cities across the United States. And with more ferocious storms ripping through our landscapes - not to...

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