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The Sustainable Role of the Tree in Environmental Protection Technologies pp 249–301Cite as

The Use of Wood Products for Improving Air Quality

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This chapter further explores the application of wood waste and recovered products in environmental protection but is more focused on the systems for environmental protection engineering where the use of wood products and waste, with respect to the principles of sustainable development, is more favorable owing to lower costs, greater availability, or even more powerful environmental effects compared to other popular materials.

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    Edita Baltrėnaitė

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    Pranas Baltrėnas & Arvydas Lietuvninkas

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Baltrėnaitė, E., Baltrėnas, P., Lietuvninkas, A. (2016). The Use of Wood Products for Improving Air Quality. In: The Sustainable Role of the Tree in Environmental Protection Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25477-7_7

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