WC Timber has set forth an initiative to create an
environmental responsibility to both the land owners and for the many
generations to come. Reuse, Reduce, Recycle has become a main point of
business for WC Timber. With the introduction of our new Biomass
Chipper, we now are able to reduce
the amount of waste in our day to day business. Our Biomass
chipper allows us to use viable debris that would normally be a by product
with normal timber companies. We are able to process limbs, smaller no
value trees, stumps, and other debris that would normally litter the
landscape. By doing this we not only leave an area more appealing, but help
the value of the property as well. Normal practices would leave an
area full of debris that would have to be disposed of. Burning of the by
product is the most common way an area would be cleaned up. This not only
wastes the by product, but emits massive amounts of carbon dioxide that is
one of the leading cause of Global warming. Another option is to have the
waste transported to a local land field. This is not only a costly
measure, but contributes to the ever growing problem of causing landfills
to reach full capacity.
Our Biomass chipper can
reduce the amount of waste by over 90%. What would normally be waste is
now turned into a renewable energy source. Oglethorpe Power Corp has
announced plans to build at least two Biomass plants utilizing timber
waste from the logging industry in Georgia. These plants would take
product from the Biomass chipper and power two 100-megawatt plants which
would provide power to over 120,000 homes. In recent months Georgia Power
asked state regulators for approval to convert a coal-fired plant to run
on biomass to increase power capacity and reduce the amount of green house
gases being emitted into our atmosphere.
WC Timber has made a
commitment to be environmentally friendly and make strides to increase the
value of the land owners property. This is why WC Timber has continued to
grow at a rapid pace in the Southeast. Reuse, Reduce, Recycle... may be
just words to some companies, but to WC Timber it is commitment to the
land owner, the community, and the world.
