May/June 2009
Recycling composite decking; reader takes magazine to task over code
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LETTERS Composites Are Recyclable Greg Burnet's well-written article, "What Makes a Deck Board Green" ( Deck Ledger, January/February 2009), points out that until we develop a "USDA Organic" equivalent for sustainability, green is subjective. However, as a manufacturer of wood-composite decking and railing, I feel obligated to address a couple of points that Mr. Burnet makes. Burnet argues that PVC can be recycled, while wood composites cannot. This just isn't true. Both wood composites and PVC can be and are recycled. I believe the perception that wood composites aren't recyclable may be based on confusion with fiberglass composites (such as
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