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NC-2009 MRc6: Rapidly Renewable Materials
Hi,
One of our project has used Pine trees for manufacturing office furnitures. Can we consider pine tree as a rapidly renewable material ?
Please suggest
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
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February 6, 2013 - 9:11 am
Lavanya, trees are not considered rapidly renewable, as they have a greater than 10-year life cycle.
Farah A.
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February 23, 2014 - 9:03 pm
Is pine flooring considered renewable?
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
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February 24, 2014 - 7:33 am
Farah, the key question here is whether they have a 10-year lifecycle. Most pine species get much older before harvest, but if you have a pine species in mind that is harvested very young, it could potentially qualify.