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Opportunities are external factors that can positively (WW from virgin wood) and panels (WW from wood panels)
stimulate the industry in the decision to improve the existing to landfill
product in its portfolio. • Guideline 2—Encourage the use of WW based on the
The selection and sorting of wood waste (WW) must be concept of industrial symbiosis

improved, generating added value and transforming waste into • Guideline 3—Promote the creation of a market for the use
raw material for the ceramic industry, which will also lead to of WW as a raw material in new products, such as MDF,
the qualification of labour. This proposed scenario is also in MDP, and ceramic brick
line with the concept of industrial symbiosis.
Additionally, the network platform for monitoring the quantity The first step expressed in Guideline 1 would be to inhibit
of available WW will allow the ceramic industry to schedule the disposal of virgin wood waste and wood panel waste to
its production with existing WW. In this context, there is a landfill, as classified by Pinho et al.
broad field for leveraging new sustainable business models. The strengths and opportunities detected for the manufacture
Threats are external variables that can create difficulties of products in Scenarios 1, 2, and 3 show promising scenarios

in implementing improvements to be made to the product by for the allocation of WW, which justifies the first guideline.
the red ceramic industry, which are essentially similar to the Given its availability for disposal as a raw material, it is
challenges highlighted in the panel industries. necessary to encourage the use of WW based on the concept
In the context of this analysis (Scenarios 1–3), it is also of industrial symbiosis, as expressed in Guideline 2.
highlighted that this research includes an extensive phase of Guideline 3 supports the reinsertion of wood waste into
technical visits that took place over four years. industries that can utilise it as a raw material for their products.
It also adopts a regional scale, which enables the consideration It should also be noted that, once the market is established,

of the positive and negative factors in the SWOT matrix. It efforts must be made to sustain it efficiently.
all takes into consideration the characteristics and industrial In this regard, the study proposes the partial incorporation
synergies of the studied region. of wood waste, as the quantity of raw material fluctuates
Furthermore, stakeholders involved in the generation and depending on market conditions. Therefore, in a scenario
use of wood waste should collaborate to convert weaknesses of scarcity, production can be adjusted according to the
and threats into strengths and opportunities. available quantities of waste and virgin wood, depending on
the percentage available.
Guidelines & Strategies The three proposed guidelines form the fundamental
With the basis obtained through the proposed methodology,

guidelines and strategies for the management of wood waste
were developed, seeking to enable new cycles under the CE.
This final stage was designed to support decisions for
both external and internal stakeholders within the scope of
industries implementing Scenarios 1, 2, and 3 as proposed.
The guidelines are connected to support decision-making
within the scope of wood waste management in the furniture

industry in Espírito Santo, Brazil.
• Guideline 1—Discourage disposal of natural wood waste