ARTICLE 3 - TIMBER SUSTAINABLITY

Neville Smith Timber's new 'green' brand of wood is intended to strengthen the image of timber being a sustainable building material.

Neville Smith Timber (NST) has launched a new product range, - GoodWood, which aims to 'Nuture the Future' by maximising timber recovery from plantation sites to the factory.

All timber is sourced from native frowth forests on an 80-year sustainable rotation.

Efforts to minimsie waste have been taken, as sawdust and off-cuts are used as fuel to fire the furnaces used for kiln drying, as well as the use of defective timber to make paper, MDF and plant fertiliser.

SOURCE: Building Connection Magazine, March 2006