Woodchips: nearly 90% of hardwood taken from Otways

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Woodchip Driven Logging in the Otways: An Economic Analysis

Woodchips: nearly 90% of hardwood taken from Otways

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Logging is for Woodchips

When sawmill offcuts are taken into account, nearly 90%* of the Otway native forest that is clearfell logged is classed by the government as "residual" or so called waste wood. Waste wood is unsuitable for sawn timber and nearly all of this waste wood is woodchipped.

Total percentage of Otway forest trees that end up as waste wood

Source - FOI log volumes

Woodchips from the Otways have been used:

to make Kleenex tissues

to make paper products in Japan




Woodchip Driven Logging in the Otways: An Economic Analysis
	Woodchips: nearly 90% of hardwood taken from Otways

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