1. Wood as a packaging material
Wood is a packaging material in its own right, expressing its strengths in a variety of ways.
1.1 Wood types used
Barring specific specifications, normative constraints or legislation, most common wood species can be used in packaging; in practice, however, their number remains limited.
Five main species are used in the manufacture of pallets, palletboxes and crates: poplar, maritime pine, Scots pine, spruce fir and Douglas fir. The choice of species depends mainly on the availability of forest resources close to the manufacturing sites. The same pallet can be made up of a mixture of different species, without this affecting its use.
Lightweight wooden packaging is mainly made from poplar wood, and to a lesser...
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Bibliography
Standards and norms
- Pallets – Best practice guide – Measuring the moisture content of wooden pallets - FD H550-017 - octobre 2017
- Wooden packaging – Rectangular parallelepiped packaging for transporting fresh fruit and vegetables in trays – Part 1: Specifications and tests on individual packaging - NF H03-003-1 - février 2020
- Wood packaging – Rectangular parallelepiped packaging for transporting fresh fruit and vegetables,...
Regulations
DGCCRF. – Wood data sheet: foodstuffs in contact with wood (2012)
Order of July 29, 2014 setting the criteria for removal of waste status for wood packaging shreds for use as biomass-type fuels in a combustion plant.
Directive no. 94/62/EC of 20/12/94 on packaging and packaging waste, text amended by: Directive (EU) n° 2018/852 of May 30, 2018 (OJEU n° L 150 of June 14, 2018)...
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Organizations – Federations – Associations
European Confederation of Woodworking Industries (CEI-Bois)
European Pallet Association (EPAL France)
Professional Federation of...
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