A new university study has dispelled the myth of a limit on number of recycling loops for fibre-based packaging. Fibre-based packaging material – paper, board, cartonboard and folding boxes – can be recycled more than 25 times with little to no loss of integrity, according to latest,

British hopes rest on a defiant lone hawthorn as online voting opens in the European Tree of the Year competition. Source: Timberbiz The Kippford Leaning Tree near Dalbeattie in Dumfries & Galloway cuts a striking figure as the only tree on a windswept beach. It was named UK Tree

The European Union has requested WTO dispute consultations with China concerning alleged Chinese restrictions on the import and export of goods (including wood products), and the supply of services, to and from Lithuania or with a link to Lithuania. The request was circulated to WTO m

Forest & Wood Communities Australia wants the Victorian Government to stop assisting activism and order MyEnvironment to pay its $2m debt to the taxpayer. FWCA says it understands from an article which was published in The Weekly Times this week that the Agriculture Minister Mary-

Builders’ merchants have enjoyed a bumper year of sales in the UK, in part thanks to DIY and large-scale home improvements ramping up during the pandemic. The industry recorded its second-best quarter on record for Q3, according to the latest Builders Merchants Builders Index, with ti

The General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC) released Decree 110, entitled quarantine requirements on pine wood imported from countries with occurrence of pine wood nematodes is believed to generate more cost and probably new challenges to the U.S. ex

The price of lumber in the US has risen nearly 30% so far this month, in step with the wider rally in global commodities as economies around the world reopen. Source: Markets Insider “I believe it’s part of the larger move in commodities,” David Russell, VP of market

Some might say Australia’s appreciation of the benefits of engineered wood is still in its infancy. As recently as 2015 there were only two CLT buildings, in Melbourne, using panels shipped from Europe where engineered wood has had a strong following for quite some time. But the benef