Woodfuel |
An estimated 0.8 million oven dry tonnes of wood chips, 0.1 million oven dry tonnes of logs for stoves and open fires, 0.1 million oven dry tonnes of wood pellets (excluding imported pellets) and 0.1 million oven dry tonnes of woodfuel in other forms was supplied in the UK in 2008.
Form | Quantity1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousand oven dry tonnes | |||||
Logs for stoves and open fires | 122 | ||||
Wood chips2 | |||||
From recycled wood | 278 | ||||
From other sources | 495 | ||||
Total wood chips | 772 | ||||
Wood pellets3 | 90 | ||||
Other4 | 78 | ||||
Source: Woodfuel Suppliers Survey, Wood Recyclers Association, industry surveys.
Notes:
1. Estimated, based on woodfuel suppliers survey 2008 and other sources.
2. Wood fibre from roundwood, forest harvesting residues, arboriculture arisings, sawmill products and other processed residues.
3. UK production only. Excludes imported pellets.
4. Includes other sawmill products (e.g. sawdust, slabwood).