Uses for sawdust and wood shavings. A few fairly obvious pointers. Used by professional floor refinishers very fine sawdust or wood flour makes an excellent stainable filler when mixed into a putty with wood glue. Livestock bedding is shipped to the users. Fill wood holes and defects.
There can be a problem of lignin runoff. Sawdust and shavings are viable byproducts without being composted at least in my area. We do compost our bark and some people are composting ground wood which is coarser than sawdust. Most of it ends up in the bin but here are a few ideas of what to do with sawdust.
Uses for sawdust shavings and waste chips at more of an industrial level this 48 page document breaks uses down into uses based on special physical qualities fuel uses fiber and wood base board uses and chemical uses. I generate a lot of sawdust as part of my joinery business. 6 things you can do with sawdust and wood shavings. Even its dust and shavings are useful.
Brief information on various uses of sawdust and shavings is tabulated in tables 1 2 3 and 4 of this report under four general classifications. The wood mulch requires quite a bit of turning and most have to add water. If you generate.