Woodchipping

Woodchipping is the act and industry of chipping wood for pulp, processed wood products, and mulch.

Papermaking

Timber is converted to woodchips and sold, primarily, for pulp production used in paper manufacture. Forestry practices such as short rotation coppice are the usual methods adopted as a source of wood but old growth forests are also used, raising opposition from environmental organizations.

Mulch

Woodchipping is also used to produce landscape and garden woodchips mulch. It is used for water conservation, weed control, reducing and preventing soil erosion, and for supporting germination of native seeds and acorns in habitat revegetation-ecological restoration projects. As the chips decompose they improve the soil structure, permeability, bioactivity, and nutrient availability.

Other uses

Uses of wood chips includes the manufacture of particle board (or chip board) and other engineered woods, and Woodchips fuel.

See also

• Woodchips
• Woodchipper
• Woodchipping in Australia
• Woodchipping in New Zealand
• Environmental issues with paper