If there is one thing that is definitely in our genes, it is the Cradle to Cradle® principle that each resource serves as a nutrient for a new life cycle.
Cradle to Cradle® describes a cycle of materials in which products or raw materials circulate in recurring cycles “from the cradle to the cradle“.
At megawood®, the GCC (German Compact Composite) wood-based products go through a technical cycle, so that constantly new products are being made from them. For this purpose, we have installed a special take-back system to return the megawood® products made of GCC since 2005 back into the material cycle.
Our GCC (German Compact Composite) material has received the Cradle to Cradle Certified® Gold award. This certification is awarded by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute. Our GCC material is confirmed to be safe regarding human and ecotoxicological harmlessness of all ingredients on a global quality level. The ecological evaluation of the integrated water management and the climate-neutral energy concept in production as well as the high social standards at our production site in Germany completes the comprehensive material and process evaluation in a holistic manner. With the harmlessness of all ingredients, we even reach the highest possible grade “Platinum“. This means that our GCC material is one of the top 20 certified building materials worldwide.
With up to 75 %, the GCC wood-based material has a globally unique high proportion of natural fibres. Renewable raw materials from PEFC-certified cultivation are used for this. No trees are felled to obtain the natural fibres. Only sawdust from the regional planing and sawing industry is used and mixed with environmentally friendly polymers and additives.
The shavings from the planing and sawing industry are returned to a material recycling cycle. Products from megawood® made of GCC (German Compact Composite) wood materials are produced with electricity from renewable energies, do not consume any additional natural resources and enable healthy, sustainable and recyclable construction at the highest quality level. The responsible use of resources is part of our corporate and product philosophy.
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Join us in shaping a healthy future for future generations. We need your support in order to return our material to the material cycle. If you want to return your megawood® products after their long service life, you can do so via our recycling dealers.
It is even easier to do this by registering your property. We will contact you in due course and clarify the return with you. In this way, you participate in ecological and responsible building.
The object and contact data provided during registration will be used exclusively for the purpose of taking back our material. We welcome photos of your garden projects with links to our social media channels or for publication in our reference list. Please feel free to contact us by e-mail at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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