Woodchipping is the act and industry of chipping wood for pulp or processed wood products.
Timber is converted to woodchips and sold, primarily, for paper manufacture. Paper is thin material mainly used for writing upon printing upon or packaging Forestry practices such as short rotation coppice are the usual methods adopted as a source of wood but old growth forests are occasionally used. Short Rotation Coppice (SRC is grown as an Energy crop. This woody solid biomass can be used in applications such as heating Electric power generating stations Ancient Woodland Old growth forest, (also termed primary forest, ancient forest, virgin forest, primeval forest, frontier
Uses of wood chips includes the manufacture of particle board (or chip board) and other engineered woods, mulch and fuel. Particle board, or particleboard, (called "chipboard" in some countries is an Engineered wood product manufactured from Wood particles such Engineered wood, also called composite wood, "man made wood" or "manufactured wood" includes a range of derivative Wood products which are In Agriculture and Gardening, '''mulch''' is a protective cover placed over the Soil, primarily to modify the effects of the local Climate.