Plastic lumber, which costs three times as much as some wood, may be more susceptible to warping and discoloration and can melt under a tabletop camping grill.

Structural recycled plastic lumber, which is mostly polyethylene reinforced with stiffer plastics or recycled composites like car bumpers, does not pose such risks.

Cotter intends to devote his future to exploring and manufacturing low-cost structural materials. He was issued his first patent for Recycled Plastic Lumber in 2021 and has another one pending.

BioLumber is made from recycled plastic, and the company claims that it is stronger and 4 times more durable than conventional lumber. It’s comparable in cost to a good red wood lumber.

While lumber was widely unavailable and prices were soaring to historic highs during the coronavirus pandemic, a University of South Florida mechanical engineering student was developing a ...

BioLumber is made from recycled plastic and the company claims that it is stronger and 4 times more durable than conventional lumber. It’s comparable in cost to a good red wood lumber.

BestPlus Plastic Lumber and its parent company, Triumvirate Environmental Inc., collaborated with a landscaping company and pool sales business on the Make-A-Wish project.

Structural recycled plastic lumber, which is mostly polyethylene reinforced with stiffer plastics or recycled composites like car bumpers, does not pose such risks.

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.