your city
your trees
your wood
your jobs
your policy
Make your city a Reforestation Hub
Cambium Carbon works to eliminate urban wood waste by developing partnerships and markets that enable wood reuse. We create data-driven solutions to help cities salvage fallen trees, reduce disposal costs, and advance zero waste goals. Cambium Carbon has worked with cities across the country to understand, quantify, and implement cost-saving waste utilization climate initiatives.
What We Do:
Close the loop on urban wood waste
We collect and analyze local data to develop reports, visualizations, and tools that cities can use to shape a place-based strategy for wood waste management.
Drive local economic development
We establish sales channels to put urban wood to its highest and best use, and partner with workforce development organizations to foster new green jobs across the tree life cycle.
Revitalize city canopies
We work with local partners to regenerate urban forests in low-canopy neighborhoods. These high-impact tree plantings build healthier communities, from air quality and urban cooling benefits to improved physical and mental health.
Case Studies
National Reforestation Hub Assessments
Project Synthesis
NYC case study
pittsburgh case study
Eugene case study
REforestation hub impacts
Learn what a Reforestation Hub could do for your community
$53.72 per ton
National average landfill tipping fee in 2020
$7,200,451
Estimated 10-year value of a pilot wood recovery program in New York City
4.7 pounds
Average carbon sequestration of 1 board foot of salvaged wood*
World Economic Forum Feature:
City Trees Get Second Life
The city is a difficult place for a tree to survive. Compared to their counterparts in the countryside, urban trees generally get less water, suffer more intense heat, compete for space with unyielding infrastructure and frequently become riddled with disease and pests. As a result, many cities are stuck with a lot of dead trees every year….