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Cambium Carbon's Smart Wood
Names TIME's Best Inventions of 2024 |
Cambium cites five distinct end-uses for Carbon Smart Wood: decking, siding, fencing, millwork, and lumber. including for furniture TIME magazine included Cambium Carbon¡¯s Carbon Smart Wood among its list of Best Inventions of 2024. The company is company focused on utilizing fallen trees in urban areas to create valuable products while reinvesting revenue into reforestation initiatives. According to Cambium¡¯s website. ¡°We target wood impacted by the four Ds: disease, decay, disaster, and development. Instead of wood entering landfills, we partner with local arborists and millers to rescue and upcycle it. This process creates a carbon negative material. With Carbon Smart Wood, we're not just changing materials; we're transforming mindsets and building for the future.¡± Cambium cites five distinct end-uses for Carbon Smart Wood: decking, siding, fencing, millwork, and lumber. including for furniture. In addition to Carbon Smart Wood, Cambium offers Thermally Modified Carbon Smart Wood in red oak, sycamore, pine and other species. Through 2023, Cambium reported diverting 3,377 MT of CO2 emissions and logging 1.3 million board feet of Carbon Smart Wood. Source: woodworkingnetwork.com |