Wood and the climate – an ideal cycle

Trees extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere while growing. The carbon is kept within the wood as long as it exists. This continues to apply when the natural raw material is processed – into particleboard for example. The storage effect is greater, the longer the period of use of a product made of wood.

After being used, wooden products can either be used once again by being recycled, or can replace other sources of energy with a CO2-neutral balance. We definitely prefer the option of recycling because this means that carbon is still stored in the products. Another aspect is that the availability of wood as a natural resource is limited: We therefore advocate cascade utilization – first as a raw material and then as a source of energy.