Technological advancement expands carbon storage in harvested wood products in Maine, USA

Li, Ling; Wei, Xinyuan; Zhao, Jianheng; Hayes, Daniel J.; Daigneault, Adam; Weiskittel, Aaron; Kizha, Anil Raj; O'Neill, Shane R.

doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2022.106457

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“…While this prediction is highly dependent on the economic development and the timber production is not well represented in their estimates. We incorporated the global consumption of wood products predicted by Daigneault et al (2022) together with the HWPs carbon storage accounting framework developed by Li et al (2022) to roughly estimate the carbon accumulated in HWPs carbon pool from 1961 to 2100 and concluded a storage of 48 Pg C by 2100 (Figure 1). Assuming there is no change of the carbon stock in global forest ecosystems, the size of HWPs carbon pool is 5.5% of the carbon stored in the entire forestry sector and wood products.…”

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“…Technological improvement in the wood industry can promote the utilization of low-quality and small diameter logs, advance the wood products processing efficiency, develop innovative wood products with longer service life, and increase the recycling rate, which potentially expands the size of HWPs carbon pool (Li et al, 2022). For instance, the technological advancement in the wood industry has promoted the lumber yield as much as 70% for logs with small-end diameter (Shmulsky and Jones, 2019).…”

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“…FIGURE 1The carbon flux from forest sectors to the harvested wood products (HWPs) carbon pool and the predicted carbon accumulated in the global HWPs carbon pool from 1961 to 2100 (The carbon accumulated in HWPs carbon pool from 1961 to 2100 was estimated with the data and accounting framework provided byDaigneault et al (2022) andLi et al (2022), respectively).…”

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The potential for storing carbon by harvested wood products

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2022

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Forest ecosystems are a critical component of the global carbon cycle, which stores carbon in both vegetation biomass and soil organic matter. Timber harvesting can laterally move the carbon stored in forest sectors to harvested wood products (HWPs) and thus create an HWPs carbon pool. The carbon stored in HWPs is allocated to end-use wood products (e.g., paper, furniture), landfills (e.g., waste wood materials), and charcoal (e.g., non-energy use biochar). Environmental change is predicted to have far-reaching effects on the carbon stored in HWPs by altering the timber supply. In addition, technological advancement in the wood industry accelerates the carbon inflow rate by promoting processing efficiency and reduces the outflow rate by creating innovative wood products with a longer service life. Socioeconomic factors such as population and household income also contribute to the carbon stock changes in wood products by expanding or reducing the demand. Given numerous factors that are correlated with the size of HWPs carbon pool, an advanced and comprehensive understanding of these factors on modifying the HWPs carbon storage is essential to modeling and predicting the carbon stored in HWPs, atmospheric CO2 concentration, and global warming; therefore, we reviewed, summarized, and discussed the function of these factors in regulating the carbon stored in HWPs.

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The potential for storing carbon by harvested wood products

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2022

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“…This method incorporates the time since production and average service half-life, along with a Chi-squared regression model to estimate the annual disposal rate (Eq. 2 ) [ 4 , 20 ]. Therefore, for a given type of end-use wood product made in year i , the carbon remaining in in year j is accounted for in the product pool that has not reached its service life (Eq.…”

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“…The recycling process includes the waste wood material reused to make new products or to generate energy at the end of its service life [ 19 ]. Technological advancement in the wood industry may result in more carbon from the forest sector ending up in the wood products by reduce processing residuals, extended service life of each end-use wood product, and an increase in the recycling rate, which can significantly expand the wood products carbon pool size [ 20 ].…”

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A life cycle and product type based estimator for quantifying the carbon stored in wood products

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Zhao

Hayes

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Carbon Balance Manage

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Background Timber harvesting and industrial wood processing laterally transfer the carbon stored in forest sectors to wood products creating a wood products carbon pool. The carbon stored in wood products is allocated to end-use wood products (e.g., paper, furniture), landfill, and charcoal. Wood products can store substantial amounts of carbon and contribute to the mitigation of greenhouse effects. Therefore, accurate accounts for the size of wood products carbon pools for different regions are essential to estimating the land-atmosphere carbon exchange by using the bottom-up approach of carbon stock change. Results To quantify the carbon stored in wood products, we developed a state-of-the-art estimator (Wood Products Carbon Storage Estimator, WPsCS Estimator) that includes the wood products disposal, recycling, and waste wood decomposition processes. The wood products carbon pool in this estimator has three subpools: (1) end-use wood products, (2) landfill, and (3) charcoal carbon. In addition, it has a user-friendly interface, which can be used to easily parameterize and calibrate an estimation. To evaluate its performance, we applied this estimator to account for the carbon stored in wood products made from the timber harvested in Maine, USA, and the carbon storage of wood products consumed in the United States. Conclusion The WPsCS Estimator can efficiently and easily quantify the carbon stored in harvested wood products for a given region over a specific period, which was demonstrated with two illustrative examples. In addition, WPsCS Estimator has a user-friendly interface, and all parameters can be easily modified.

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Climate change mitigation potentials of wood industry related measures in Hungary

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Mitig Adapt Strateg Glob Change

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Harvested wood products (HWPs) store a significant amount of carbon while long-lived products and wooden buildings can be among the most effective means for carbon storage. Wood products’ lifetime extension and appropriate waste management, recycling, and reuse can further contribute to the achievement of climate goals. In our study we projected under 10 different scenarios the carbon storage, carbon dioxide and methane emissions of the Hungarian HWP pool up to 2050 in order to find the combination of wood industry-related measures with the highest climate change mitigation effect. For the projection we used the country-specific HWP-RIAL model to predict emissions associated with the end-of-life and waste management of wood products. The main conclusion is that without additional measures the Hungarian HWP pool would turn from a carbon sink to a source of emissions by 2047. To maintain the Hungarian HWP pool to be a continuous carbon sink it is essential to implement additional climate mitigation measures including cascading product value chains, and approaches of a circular bioeconomy. We find the most effective individual measures are increasing product half-life, increasing recycling rate and increasing industrial wood production through increased industrial wood assortments and increased harvest. With the combination of these measures a maximum average annual climate change mitigation potential of 1.5 Mt CO2 equivalents could be reached during the 2022–2050 period.

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Technological advancement expands carbon storage in harvested wood products in Maine, USA

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The potential for storing carbon by harvested wood products

The potential for storing carbon by harvested wood products

A life cycle and product type based estimator for quantifying the carbon stored in wood products

Climate change mitigation potentials of wood industry related measures in Hungary

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