How We Reuse Waste Scrap Wood & Sawdust

We are often asked what we do with our waste, especially people who visit our manufacturing unit ask us how we manage our waste being a sustainable brand. To be honest it is not always easy to segregate the saw dust, wood chips, wood scrap and other waste. It is also difficult to find a sustainable use and the users for these materials. But after a few years of work we have found good uses for our waste at our factory.

1. Storing Bigger Chunks & Pieces for Future Use
We collect and store larger offcuts and bamboo pieces in sacks, reserving them for future projects that require smaller or specific sized materials. This practice helps us reduce raw material demand, lower costs, and avoid wasting pieces that are still very usable.

2. Using Wood Shavings & Chips as Mulch on Our Family Farm
We spread our wood shavings and chips over soil in our family farm as mulch. This does more than just cover soil:
Moisture retention: Mulch reduces water evaporation from soil significantly, helping the soil stay moist longer.
Temperature regulation & weed suppression: Mulch buffers temperature swings (cooler under heat, warmer in cold), suppresses weeds by blocking light.
Soil health / nutrient addition: As wood chips break down, they gradually add organic matter and nutrients, improve soil structure, porosity, and microbial activity.

3. Sawdust for Compost Pits
We supply sawdust to composting companies in and around our factory. Sawdust, being rich in carbon (“brown” material), helps balance the high‑nitrogen (“green”) waste that compost pits receive. The result is better compost (less odour, better decomposition), soil‑enriching organic matter, and reduced need for synthetic fertilisers.

4. Making Wood Briquettes for Biofuel
We also convert a portion of sawdust into wood briquettes. These briquettes serve as a renewable biofuel, reducing dependency on coal or non‑renewable fuels. Some key benefits:
Briquettes have relatively high calorific value, especially if moisture is reduced; for example, sawdust briquettes in India can reach moisture content of 10‑12% with calorific values ~3,600 kcal/kg.
Using biofuel helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions compared to coal, supports local energy goals, and aligns with India’s push for biomass energy and sustainable energy policy.

5. Conversion of Remaining Sawdust & Scrap into Plywood or Blocks
What’s left of the scrap and sawdust that are not suitable for briquetting or composting, we aim to transform into plywood or composite blocks.

Benefits of all these practices: 

Minimise burning or disposal that would pollute air or contribute to landfill burden.
Increase value added locally, create jobs, and reduce wastage.
Environmental Impact & Waste Reduction: What Jungle Bound Has Already Achieved
Plastic & water savings: Our reuse practices have enabled replacement of thousands of tons of plastic in packaging or product components; also, mulch & compost reduce irrigation needs or synthetic inputs, leading to water conservation.
Carbon / emissions: By avoiding burning or dumping wood waste (which would otherwise release CO₂ or methane in landfill), and by using biofuel briquettes instead of coal (or fossil fuel based energy), we reduce our carbon footprint.
Soil health improvements: Mulching and compost improve moisture retention, enrich soil organic carbon, support microbial life & structure. These are well documented: e.g. using wood chip mulch can reduce soil’s water evaporation significantly, suppress weeds, and improve fertility.
Circular economy promotion: We are closing resource loops—waste from our processes becomes input to other processes (mulch, compost, blocks). This decreases resource extraction, waste volume, and overall environmental impact.

Why It Matters for You, the Sustainability‑Focused Customer
If you already buy sustainable products, knowing that Jungle Bound is reusing its wood waste & sawdust in multiple ways adds extra value: you’re not only getting a product made sustainably, you’re supporting a brand with strong circular practices. It means:

Lower environmental footprints from every product you buy.
Trust that materials are used fully, responsibly, without unnecessary waste.
Supporting local manufacturing, local circular economy.

Conclusion
Achieving a zero waste process may not be possible for us but we can definitely decide what happens to the waste that we create at the end. By storing and reusing wood offcuts; mulching and composting sawdust; producing biofuel briquettes; and turning remaining waste into plywood or blocks, we are already making measurable progress in waste reduction, soil health, and emissions savings. Every step of our waste‑reuse strategy contributes to a healthier environment, and reinforces our mission to make sustainable living accessible, effective, and impactful.