That's the official name for things like picnic tables, park benches, and playground equipment set out for the public to use at theme parks, stadiums, recreation areas, and other places. If you're a woman, you may have sat on one of Northward's benches in the women's restroom at Sea World. Or you may have seen one of its benches at Universal Studios Hollywood, or in the living desert and botanical gardens in Palm Desert. With all of the concern over vanishing forests, Northward's collective conscience finally got in the way. Redwood was considered out as an alternative, in this case, and Trex was in.
Pricing is volatile.
I could see the future for recycled products using recycled materials. There's always going to be a market for redwood, but using alternatives is certainly going to help our forest from an environmental standpoint. After the Trex material is cut into slats, like regular wood, Christopherson uses a material, called polystone, to fashion the end pieces of the furniture. The material looks like granite. It looks like wood, it can be worked and finished like wood, but these public amenities are made of Trex, a composite of recycled wood and plastic.