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. 2012 Jul 24;7:8. doi: 10.1186/1750-0680-7-8

Table 4.

Percent distribution of C into primary wood products life cycle stages and disposal pools for British Columbia

Time period To From
 
 
Lumber mills (MLMB)
Chip mills (MC)
Plywood mills (MPLY)
Panel mills (MPNL)
1995-2065
Lumber (PPLMB)
47
 
 
 
 
 
(45–56)
 
 
 
 
Plywood (PPPLY)
 
 
51
 
 
 
 
 
(51–56)
 
 
Panels (PPPNL)
 
 
 
84
 
 
 
 
 
(73–95)
 
Chips (PPCHP)
35
96.3
24
 
 
 
(26–38)
 
(22–27)
 
 
Panels mills (MPLY-PNL)
0
 
16
 
 
 
(0–11)
 
(10–17)
 
 
Combustion fuel (B)
17.9
3.2
8.5
15.5
 
 
(4–18)
 
(6–13)
(4.5–23)
 
Landfill wood (LW j)
0.1
0.5
0.5
0.5
 
 
(0–1)
 
(0–1)
(0–0.5)
Sources for the time period
[24]
[[20,25-27], B Lippke 2010 pers comm.]
[28]
[9,29,30]
[31-33]
1980–1994
Lumber (PPLMB)
44
 
 
 
 
Plywood (PPPLY)
 
 
50
 
 
Chips (PPCHP)
32
78
16
 
 
 
 
 
(16–41)
 
 
Combustion fuel (B)
23
21
32
 
 
 
 
 
(7–32)
 
 
Dump wood (DW)
1
1
2
 
Sources for the time period
 
[25]
Linear interpolation
[21,30,34-36]
 
1965–1979
Lumber (PPLMB)
40
 
 
 
 
 
(30–47)
 
 
 
 
Plywood (PPPLY)
 
 
50
 
 
Chips (PPCHP)
29
60
16
 
 
 
(20–40)
(53–84)
(16–41)
 
 
Combustion fuel (B)
29
38
32
 
 
 
(18–36)
(14–45)
(7–32)
 
 
Dump wood (DW)
2
2
2
 
Sources for the time period   [21,30,35-38] [34] [21,30,34-36]  

Brackets include the minimum and maximum in the underlying source data.