For our first post about sawdust, we thought it fitting to start with a simple question. “What do people do with Sawdust?”

We found a great article posted by the Wood Report outlining a wide variety of uses is meaningful detail, including 3rd party references. The article discusses applications from animal husbandry to mushroom production, food and feed applications, environmental protection and more.

In all our time researching sawdust information online, we found this article to be among the best introductions to the varied applications of sawdust. We think it is a great jumping off point for more in-depth research.

Sawdust in many countries still is regarded as a troublesome by-product of sawmilling operation and often disposed of as landfill or incinerated, thus causing environmental problems. Small sized sawmill residues such as sawings and saw dust in many part of the world are simply dumped or burned. Read more…