A Baltimore company is using sustainable practices to recycle and produce wood.The company has been doing it for 15 years. They’ve recovered thousands of trees from Baltimore City and Baltimore County. “I’ve never seen such beautiful wood. You just don’t think about it until you come to a place like this. What a unique place and a unique company,” a customer named Mike said. Each year, 36 million trees fall in U.S. cities due to disease, disaster, decay or development. Fallen Lumber Company’s Paul Timmins said, unlike the steel industry which sees about 95% recovery and recycling, only 10-15% off fallen trees are recovered.”We salvage fallen trees in and around our cities, and we put them through sawmills and kilns to produce dried local wood for hobbyists and makers to use in projects,” Timmins said.The company works with arborists, tree companies, municipalities and land owners to put the wood into the supply chain. If Fallen Lumber Company doesn’t use it, it often becomes firewood and mulch. The practice benefits the environment.”Instead of it going into the waste stream where it would decompose and emit carbon back into the atmosphere, we are harnessing the carbon by turning it into a dried product that goes into our everyday lives in flooring or tables,” Timmins said.Friday and Saturday, all their wood is on sale.”We are putting all of the material that we have been salvaging for the past decade on sale, and it’s ready to connect to consumers so they can put it into their projects,” he said.You can check out their website for more information.
A Baltimore company is using sustainable practices to recycle and produce wood.
The company has been doing it for 15 years. They’ve recovered thousands of trees from Baltimore City and Baltimore County.
“I’ve never seen such beautiful wood. You just don’t think about it until you come to a place like this. What a unique place and a unique company,” a customer named Mike said.
Each year, 36 million trees fall in U.S. cities due to disease, disaster, decay or development. Fallen Lumber Company’s Paul Timmins said, unlike the steel industry which sees about 95% recovery and recycling, only 10-15% off fallen trees are recovered.
“We salvage fallen trees in and around our cities, and we put them through sawmills and kilns to produce dried local wood for hobbyists and makers to use in projects,” Timmins said.
The company works with arborists, tree companies, municipalities and land owners to put the wood into the supply chain. If Fallen Lumber Company doesn’t use it, it often becomes firewood and mulch. The practice benefits the environment.
“Instead of it going into the waste stream where it would decompose and emit carbon back into the atmosphere, we are harnessing the carbon by turning it into a dried product that goes into our everyday lives in flooring or tables,” Timmins said.
Friday and Saturday, all their wood is on sale.
“We are putting all of the material that we have been salvaging for the past decade on sale, and it’s ready to connect to consumers so they can put it into their projects,” he said.
You can check out their website for more information.