MDF Recycling

Recycling the recycled...keep the cycle going.

MDF is created as a wood alternative to cutting down forests. Its intent was to replace the need for raw timber. Combining wood fibre, created from other wood waste streams and adhesive binding agents, creates a phenomenal product from which to manufacture furniture and other consumer products. No solution exists commercially to process scrap and waste MDF. It can't be burned for energy effectively because of the harmful emissions. Therefore, it ends up in landfill. As space is ever-limited in landfills, governments are tightening legislation on the ability for MDF to be discarded. In the meantime, landfill costs are extremely high at £35-70/tonne. There has to be a better way.

Nviro believes that there is a much better solution.

Microrelease.

Nviro's patented Microrelease technology utilises a microwave based solution to process the scrap MDF, It can operate on a continuous feed basis, breaking the MDF back down into its building blocks. The end product is pristine wood fibre that can then be used to make new MDF again, or a variety of products from insulation to plastic-woods.

Medium density fibre (MDF) board, made from scrap wood and saw dust, started out as a recycled option to pure wood. However, discarded MDF now ends up in landfill. No viable commercial processing technology exists for treating waste MDF.

• Over 30 million cubic metres of MDF produced each year
• 15-18% of it ends up as scrap during the manufacture of goods
• Landfill cost is £35-70/tonne
• Tightening legislation will prevent land filling in the near future
• No viable commercial treatment system exists