The COST (European Co-operation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research) Action E31 (2002 to 2006) is a multi-disciplinary forum for the exchange of information on “Management of Recovered Wood” with the main objective to improve the European management of recovered wood towards a higher common technical, economic and environmental standard. Researchers of 20 European countries – Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom - are involved in the Action, which is subdivided in 2 Working Groups: 1) European management of recovered wood: analyse the current systems of wood recovery in Europe, i.e. technical and legal aspects, environmental impacts, recovered wood potential 2) Treatment options for recovered wood: Analysis of different current and future treatment options for recovered wood based on technical, economic and environmental criteria The Purpose of COST Action E31 “Management of Recovered Wood” is: - analysis of management approaches for recovered wood in European countries - examine potentials of recovered wood as secondary raw materials and energy sources - improvement of databases on technical, economical and ecological information - identify promising approaches for implementation of advanced management systems The scientific innovation and relevance is: - development of new guidelines for the management of recovered wood - improvement to evaluate existing and possible new treatment options for wood recovery - improvement of the methods to assess the use of recovered wood in new products - investigation to further increase the use of wood recovered as a secondary material - development of methods to improve the data collection. Results and conclusions are: - bring together a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural ‘team’ - establish a European forum for the management of recovered wood - give a comprehensive overview of the different management options for recovered wood - advance the methodology for environmental, technical and economical evaluation - develop tools for the comparison of different management options for recovered wood Next events are: • Joint workshop “Greenhouse Gas Aspects of Biomass Cascading - Reuse, Recycling and Energy Generation” with IEA Task 38 “Greenhouse Gas Balances of Biomass and Bioenergy Systems” 25 April in Dublin • 2nd COST Action E31 Conference “Management of Recovered Wood –Strategies Towards a Higher Technical, Economic and Environmental Standard in Europe” in Bordeaux 30 September to 1 October 2005 Further information is available on http://www.ctib-tchn.be/coste31

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