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Low-Maintenance
Composite Decking Recycled and Recyclable
Correct Building Products expands
recycling to include jobsite scrap
BIDDEFORD, Maine.
(April 20, 2007) – Correct Building
Products®, manufacturer of CorrectDeck®
CX with Microban® antimicrobial
product protection, today announced
a pilot program to collect jobsite
scrap, complementing its active recycling
program.
This information
is timely as spring deck building
season arrives and Earth Day celebrations
begin. Additionally, more consumers
are expressing interest in “green”
building products. What many consumers
and contractors are unaware of is
that Correct Building Products produces
composite decking made from recycled
materials that can be recycled again.
Green-conscious consumers can select
CorrectDeck composite products with
confidence.
Made from
Recycled
CorrectDeck composite decking is made
from 80% recycled ingredients such
as waste sawdust, recycled plastic
and polypropylene recycled materials.
Located in Maine, Correct Building
Products harvests scrap from local
lumber yards as well as collects polypropylene
bins from retailers and post offices.
The manufacturing plant recycles and
reprocesses all manufacturing scrap
at the factory, meaning all downfall
is recycled. There are no emissions
and zero manufacturing waste. “Most
forms of plastic recycling transform
the plastic into a less valuable product,”
said Martin Grohman, president of
Correct Building Products. “Upcycling
is very rare, but these products ‘upcycle’
a low-value waste product like sawdust
into a high-value product such as
premium composite decking.”
Completely
Recyclable
All CorrectDeck products are also
completely recyclable as a finished
product – free of polyvinyl
chloride (PVC) – and can be
safely incinerated. CorrectDeck products
are also printed with their resource
content “60 Wood/40 PP”
to make future recycling easier.
“Composite
decking is quite recyclable –
it contains no thermosetting materials
and is rot-resistant. In fact, recycling
of composites is routinely done,”
added Grohman. “We’re
doing our best to promote recycling
and to reduce the usage of unsustainably-harvested
tropical hardwoods.”
Jobsite Recycling
The company will also be instituting
a scrap recycling program to make
efficient use of waste produced on
jobsites. Recyclable materials include
decking, railings and even installation
sawdust. The test program includes
a recycling container located outside
CorrectDeck’s largest dealer,
Hancock Lumber. “Once we get
the process worked out,” noted
Grohman, “we’ll expand
the program as quickly as possible.
Contractors have to pay to dispose
of scrap. This free program will not
only help them, it helps the environment.”
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