Wood is a versatile material, and every part of the tree is used as resource-efficiently as possible. The different parts are used according to the highest possible refinement value for each part.
- The lower, thicker parts of the trunk are used as raw materialfor sawmills, where they are sawn and planed into planks andboards to be used to build houses and furniture.
- The upper, narrower parts of the tree – as well as small thinned trees – become pulp to manufacture primarily paper, cardboard and textiles.
- Some tree tops and branches, as well as sawdust produced when planks are sawn and planed, become bioenergy, biofuelor raw material in the chemical industry. Wood chip residues from sawing processes are utilised, for example, and have great economic value.
- Stumps, roots and some branches are left behind at the logging site to decompose and become nutrients in the soil.
