The British Woodworking Federation (BWF) is using a Yorkshire joinery as an example of how technological investment can help companies achieve cost savings and reductions in carbon emissions.
The BWF’s highlighting of Normanton-based SHN Joinery Ltd comes just weeks after The Federation secured funding from the Waste and Resources Action Programme and BRE to conduct pilot studies looking at ways to reduce wood waste.
“Before we installed the new wood burner we were paying on average £1,350 every month to have our wood waste removed,” said Steve Nicholson, managing director and owner of SHN Joinery.
“Now we are transforming what once was waste into fuel to heat our factory, making huge cost savings, but also reducing the size of our carbon footprint.”
Mr Nicholson urged joinery companies to join in the BWF’s pilot studies to find ways for the industry to work together to reduce the amount of wood waste send to landfill.
BWF chief executive Richard Lambert said he hoped that more BWF members would install wood waste burners or combined heat and power plants in the coming months.
“The team at SHN Joinery has shown that investing in environmenal enhancements really does make commercial and business sense, and this is a message we are keen to promote both to our members and to the wider joinery industry,” said Mr Lambert.
For further information email woodwaste@bwf.org.uk
