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 ...

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

The company produces plastic pellets and plastic building products from recycled waste. The pellet form composite is used in manufacturing its plastic lumber for construction and landscaping.

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 ...

Demand for wood-plastic composite and plastic lumber in the United States is forecast to expand 11 percent per year through 2009 to $3.5 billion, according to a study by Cleveland-based market ...

A new localized effort in Alaska recycles post-consumer plastic, marine debris and industrial plastic waste into lumber that could be used for infrastructure or industrial work. Anchorage, Alaska ...

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.

An Omaha recycling and manufacturing plant is turning hard-to-recycle items into something we can all use. Firststar Fiber’s facility will be turning plastic waste into a lumber-like material.

This list of lumber makers was pulled from our annual ranking of pipe, profile and tubing extruders in North America. The full directory is listed online in our Data Center. Jet Plastics Custom ...