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waste in new cycles, a stock of raw material will be available for
use in industry. In this way, Guideline 2 advances, encouraging
connections between industries.

Guideline 2
The second guideline presented in Figure 8 concerns the
need to encourage the use of WW based on the concept of
industrial symbiosis.
Relevant strategies include the following: the creation of
legislation and standards that determine the sorting of waste
based on type and quality; the creation of platforms to supply
the quantity of WW available for use as a raw material in
other industries; and the identification of existing synergies

between generators and industries that can insert WW into the
production cycle, such as the panel industry and the ceramic
framework, delineating a pathway for effective wood waste industry that were the subject of analysis in this study, and
management. These guidelines were formulated with the encourage the development of research into ‘eco-friendly’
proposition of strategies, representing necessary actions to components for new products.
achieve the proposed objectives. Based on quality, wood waste from the furniture industry can
Moreover, it is imperative for industries in the sector, entities be destined for different scenarios, thus avoiding competition

associated with the furniture industry, and policymakers to among them.
establish quantifiable time-bound goals that align with the In addition, in the study conducted by Bütün Buschalsky
strategies outlined in each guideline. and Mai, MDF was recovered up to the third generation of
These goals should be regularly monitored to assess panels using the thermo-hydrolytic disintegration process,
compliance with the proposed strategies, ensuring continual and Kim and Song stated that MDP can be recycled up to
improvement of the wood waste management system in the 16 times after the first use.
north–central region of the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. This demonstrates the potential life cycle stages that these
products present.
Guideline 1

The strategies outlined in the first guideline aim to discourage
the disposal of raw material to landfills, as it can be repurposed
as a raw material for other industries.
The proposed strategies include the following: training
stakeholders involved in the life cycle of renewable wood;
establishing high tariffs for landfill disposal as a means of
promoting industrial symbiosis; and monitoring the transport

of small and large generators.
By discouraging the disposal of potentially usable wood