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The aim of this research was to evaluate the physical, mechanical and thermal properties of multilayer particleboards prepared from milk package (U.H.T.) wastes (TP) and coconut fibers (CO). The particleboards were produced with three layers ; A:(TP/CO/TP), B:(CO/TP/CO), C:(TP/TP+CO/TP), and D:(CO/TP+CO/CO) bonded with and methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (pMDI) 7%. The finding of experiment showed that physical properties of all the sample into requirement of Thai industrial standard 876-2547(TIS 876-2547) for furniture production. The mechanical properties results of B, C and D for Modulus of rupture (MOR) and all sample for Modulus of elastic (MOE) were higher than the value required by TIS 876-2547. The internal bonding (IB) of C and D were higher than the standard value. The thermal properties showed that with in the range 270-500 ° C of D is highest weight lose. However, the use of renewable waste and natural fiber such as milk package (U.H.T.) and coconut fiber respectively, could conduce solution to resource shortage for manufacturing particleboards.