Wood
Every year we cut down 15 billion trees, most from unsustainably managed forests. At the same time, restoring and protected forests is a natural climate solution that we are desperate to scale. It would help immensely if we could decrease the demand for trees – and now we can. Not by decreasing the use of wood, but by 3D printing wood products from waste sawdust and lignin, which the timber industry currently sends to landfill by the hundreds of millions of tons. Forust is gearing up to do this: 3D printing beautifully grained wood products from waste with zero waste.
— Wayne Visser
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