Oasis may experiment with this type of kiln near the chicken area to burn the weedy mass and turn into a fertilizer and soil amendment. The free standing kon tiki is supposed to be more efficient but this is a more basic technology. In addition the kon tiki is mobile reducing labor of moving the orchard trimmings. Although it was my intention to burn the plywood I am advised against it as the process could concentrate toxins. It would be better to chip them as the leaching and digestion of chips will be diluted more evenly across the landscape instead of in our vegetable patch. The formaldehyde glue in this product is an antibacterial and thus is ill suited for compost and bio char but as a dilute layer I am certain it will digest over time in contact with the soil. This method will have less overall effect on the environment because it is kept local. Additionally the areas covered are paths so that the modest antibacterial action of the chip will not matter much. Over time as we eliminate plywood and chip board from use the microbial action in soils under the paths will recover as the planet is a giant digestion machine.
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