Waste Reduction Guide: Wood Furniture Industries

This 144-page workbook is designed to guide managers of wood-furniture businesses through the process of reducing costs through reduction of waste, conservation of raw materials, and assessment of liabilities and risk. Divided into sections according to the stages of building furniture, the guide covers lumber receiving, gluing, machining, finishing, and sanding. Each section discusses waste-reduction and pollution-prevention opportunities and their benefits, and provides resources for more information. The guide can seem a bit overwhelming in it length, but helpful ideas are abundant in its many pages.