SEPTEMBER 2020
safe. Our work during the pandemic has been shared with colleagues in Europe, the US, Canada, Australia and South Africa.”
On the green economy, Dye reminded members that TIMCON is actively promoting the reuse of timber pallets and packaging as a key USP in the circular economy and helping businesses reduce their impact on the environment. “By using wooden packaging materials – and more specifically by reusing them rather than just recycling them – businesses will be helping the country achieve the net-zero target timeline the UK Government set of 2050 and indeed the Scottish Government’s target of 2045,” he said.
TIMCON is also supporting the recently launched Wood4Good Co2ts Less campaign, which emphasises the use of wood in reducing CO2 emissions and fighting climate change.
Dye also gave an overview of recent developments in packaging waste, harmonization of repair regulations and global industry cooperation; while TIMCON past president, Gil Covey, and Marck MacAuley, director of IBEC – Ireland’s largest business membership organization, gave updates respectively on European matters, and the current backlog of felling licenses in Ireland.
“With these and other ongoing issues that have required our attention, this has been an incredibly busy 12 months for TIMCON," Dye concluded. "This has been thanks to the continuing hard work of TIMCON’s executive committee, our active members and many other partners throughout the industry.”
John Dye, TIMCON President