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DECK LEDGER: What Makes a Deck Board Green?

Coastal Contractor

January/February 2009
by Greg Burnet
What makes a deck board “green”?

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DECK LEDGER: What Makes a Deck Board Green? Greg Burnet Expert business and legal advice Marketers regularly invoke the term "green" today to sway consumers who are conscious of how their purchases impact the environment. The construction industry in particular seems to be full of "green" products. But what is green, and who determines how green a product is? The answers are: There is no agreed-on definition of what's green, and until a uniform standard is created, you'll need to judge for yourself where a product ranks on the green scale. I found that out recently when asked to rebuild

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