By helping reduce our nation's overall energy consumption you not only reduce our vulnerability to foreign pressures, you are actually helping hold down utility rates and the price you pay for gasoline, plastic goods, and other products that come from oil and natural gas. Contents Cellulose makes homes safer All residential structures contain large amounts of wood. Cellulose insulation is the only wood-based building material that is always treated for fire retardancy. This makes cellulose insulation one of the safest materials used in home construction. If a fire occurs, the dense structure of cellulose and its fire retardants slow its spread through the building by blocking flames and hot gases and restricting the availability of oxygen in insulated walls and ceilings.
Fire roars right through fiber glass.
Contents A naturally recycled product Cellulose insulation is made from recycled wood fiber, primarily newspaper. One hundred pounds of cellulose insulation contains 80 to 85 pounds of recycled newsprint. Waste disposal is a major problem for cities. Waste paper is a major part of the refuse stream. These efforts work only if there is demand for recycled products.