Artificial timber: a true example of sustainable technology
Roy Research and Technology’s artificial wood is one of the best examples of sustainable technology. It is a clean and green product that helps earn carbon credits. It satisfies the pollution prevention hierarchy (see image to the left) identified by the Environmental Protection Agency.
That is, first and foremost, it prevents environmental pollution that is caused by fly ash lying around. It also re-uses and recycles industrial waste and converts it into a product with economic value.
Our artificial timber invention prevents pollution in another way: it prevents widespread deforestation as it is a wood substitute that can be made available anywhere and costs much lesser than wood. Thus, by creating a brilliant replacement for a threatened resource, RRT’s artificial wood has the potential to minimize or avert ecological disaster.
The raw material for the artificial timber can be not only fly ash, but also silica, red mud, etc. And, as some sort of waste or the other is readily available anywhere in the world, it means that the technology has practical applications globally. Being able to produce artificial wood locally, there is no expensive procurement of raw material involved, thus adding to its ‘sustainable’ value.
Also, the manufacturing process of artificial wood, too, is environmentally compatible, for the following reasons:
- Land requirement of just 10-15 acres for a standard plant
- Low energy and water requirement
- No emission of heat or pollutants of any sort
- Cheaper to produce than rubber wood or plywood
- Microbial grain former locally sourced raw materials.
Finally, the artificial timber has no disposal problems. It can be ground into powder and mixed with soil as a nutrient. This powder is completely bio-degradable.
Thus, from start to finish, artificial timber adheres to the ideals of sustainable technology.
