Timberpak support the EGGER Group's environmental policy.
Managing waste in a sustainable way, optimising recycling and re-use, as well as limiting production, forms part of the Government policy to protect the environment.
*Established from the greenhouse potential of the EGGER EPDs (GWP 100 in kg CO 2 equivalent, cradle-to-grave) on the basis of the production figures 2013/2014)
**An average European household with four people generates approximately 5.7 tonnes of CO 2 per year, source: according to EUROSTAT 22/2011.
As part of the EGGER Group we reduce CO 2
Through the processing of wood in EGGER products, annually 5.1 million tonnes of CO2* are stored; this corresponds to the CO2 emission from 900,000 households** Through the use of recycled wood residues we save the environment 1.56 million tonnes of CO2 per year, and through our biomass power plants we annually achieve a saving of 746,000 tonnes of CO2 in comparison to the combustion of natural gas.
Waste hierarchy
Sending timber waste to landfill should be the last option. Not only is it increasingly expensive but re-use and recycling are much more sustainable methods.
Whereas burning wood releases CO 2 , chipboard production locks carbon away for the lifetime of the product and adds value to the wood.