Ever you have heard about plastic
wood? It is a composition of waste wood and plastic. For environmentalists, it
represents a dilemma. Plastic wood is a substitute for lumber so it conceivably
saves trees. But Wood Plastic Composite during manufacturing is emission intensive when
compared to the environmental impact of harvesting natural timber, cutting it
and delivering it to your local lumberyard.
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In fact, collected data from the different
source, the author suggests that greenhouse gas emissions from composites are
up to 330% higher than timber harvested from redwood forests for use in decking
and other construction. Current show that the plastic wood market, around for
the last 20 years accounts for 10% of the total market for decking materials
and is expected to grow to 32% by 2016.
What are the implications of
replacing wood with Wood Plastic Composite? In an article appearing in the same issue of
Nature, the author, describes how reconstructed not with wood but recycled
plastic wood over steel-reinforced concrete. So what was once a boardwalk made
from wooden boards will no longer exist. Instead composite plastic wood will be
underfoot.
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