The ultimate green lumber is a term you may be aware of only if you are a builder or a handyman. For the environmentalist, this is the perfect product, and it can be found on many decks, and lots of deck furniture. The same product has been given the following names: plastic lumber, eco-lumber, envirowood, permo-wood, and poly-wood. This novel material that has transformed the patio furniture industry is both economically viable and eco-friendly.
the product may look like typical lumber in shape, but it is made out of plastic containers, such as recycled milk jugs. The similarity to wood goes further, in that this green product can be cut, sawed and drilled in a similar way – it even has the same texture. Wherever you are used to seeing lumber, especially outdoors, you now see this material: in playground equipment, benches and tables in public areas, and obviously, decks and patio furniture. Plastic is being recycled on a progressive scale, and a product application like poly-wood is a superb way to utilize it. Only a decade ago, 234 million pounds of plastic bottles were recycled, and that number has now grown to 1.5 billion pounds.
