One of thousands of usage areas of solid wood
material is toy industry. The use of renewable, natural and harmless materials
in production, in terms of human health, has gained an increasing value. There
is a cutthroat competition among countries in production of wooden toys, which
constitute an important market in the world. It was reported that the number of
toys import in Turkey exceeded $ 3 billion in last 5 years. Majority of toys are made of plastic
materials with development of industrialization today. However, the use of
plastic material in toy production has discussed in terms of health. Considering
these factors, parents try to choose as much natural material as possible when
choosing toys for their children. In this context, important issues related to
use of wooden materials that are often used in toy industry from past to present
were mentioned. Literature related to the subject was investigated. Within this
scope, it was given information about definition and importance of toy, reasons
of preference of wood for toy making, main tree species used in toy production.
After that, information about quality symbols and issues to be considered in
production of wooden toys were given. Finally, issues to be considered in
purchasing for users were mentioned and suggestions were made by evaluating the
study in result section.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Timber, Pulp and Paper |
Journal Section | Derleme Makaleler |
Authors | |
Publication Date | December 29, 2019 |
Submission Date | December 23, 2019 |
Acceptance Date | December 27, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 Volume: 2 Issue: 2 |