Recycled plastic lumber comes in your standard 2x4 and 4x4 planks, but can also be molded into 3-D shapes and curves unseen on the woodcutter's block.

Recycled plastic lumber invented Date: July 10, 2016 Source: Rutgers University Summary: Imagine a material lighter than steel, longer-lasting than lumber and strong enough to support 120-ton ...

Plastic Lumber's sales fell 6 percent for the year, to less than $6 million. That was an abrupt change for a company accustomed to years of double- and triple-digit growth. Just last year, Plastic ...

Mobile city officials are installing plexiglas into abandoned buildings as a way to make properties look better and help curb blight in neighborhoods struggling with it.

Development of a plastic substitute equal to the strength of conventional wood lumber has long been a holy grail for plastics researchers and manufacturers. A Rochester, Minn.-based startup says it ...

The plastic lumber market size is anticipated to grow from USD 5.38 Billion in 2022 to USD 15.41 Billion in 10 years. The market ought to witness a positive growth rate owing to increasing ...

Triumvirate Environmental is taking medical and pharmaceutical waste and turning that hard-to-recycle material into plastic lumber in Pennsylvania. And there are plans to expand the now-proven ...

On the Central Kenai Peninsula, plastic is getting a second life as lumber, thanks to a local collections program and innovative recycling project.