Forest products companies have developed engineered lumber products to utilize fast-growing farm trees. These products are stronger, straighter, and lighter, and may use only 50 percent of the wood fiber to perform the same structural functions as solid-sawn lumber. Fast-growing tree farms, where forest product companies are planting more trees today than they harvest, are an example of a sustainable resource. Strategic use of recycled content building materials has grown out of the increasing stockpiles of recycled material. Americans are recycling seven times more than they did a decade ago.
Building materials are a perfect application for recycled refuse.
Not only does recycling divert waste from landfills, but many of the remanufactured materials are of higher quality and durability than conventional materials. Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information , A Division of Reed Elsevier, Inc.