Potential Environmental Benefits of Ultralight Particleboards with Biobased Foam Cores

Table 1

Units and quantities of the raw materials used in the production of a 1 m³ panel. The bold data refer to functional units regarded in the holistic approach.

Raw material input	Unit	PB	ULPB (EPS)	ULPB (PLA/PMMA)	ULPB (PLA)
Residual wood	m^3	1.38	0.59	0.59	0.59
PMMA	kg	—	—	12.38	—
PLA	kg	—	—	12.38	24.75
EPS	kg	—	25.00	—	—
Hardener	kg	2.00	0.94	0.94	0.94
UF	kg	51.00	23.87	23.87	23.87
Talc	kg	—	1.00	1.00	1.00
CO2 liquid	kg	—	—	0.81	0.81
Organic additives	kg	11.00	5.15	5.40	5.40