The picnic tables inside Plastic Lumber Co.'s warehouse look solid and durable, as if they were crafted by a master carpenter using thick lumber and a sharp saw. But they weren't built from redwood or ...

Trying to choose the right material for your fencing can be difficult. Wood has long been popular but needs regular maintenance. Vinyl fencing can be affordable, but not all vinyl fences are made the ...

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 ...

Jerry Miller shows off ground plastic, ready to be melted into lumber. (Riley Board/KDLL) On the Central Kenai Peninsula, plastic is getting a second life as lumber, thanks to a local collections ...

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 ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - 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 ...

TAMPA, Fla. (Aug. 4, 2022) – While lumber was widely unavailable and prices were soaring to historic highs during the coronavirus pandemic, a University of South Florida mechanical engineering student ...

MEQUON, Wis. - The price of lumber has been high, but it should be cooling soon. Even so, the price of plastic is now said to be going up. It is having a big effect on homebuilders, riding the waves ...

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, ...

The cost of lumber and other building materials is sky-high, and it's even more expensive when shipped to small coastal communities in Alaska. Patrick Simpson of Anchorage has an idea that might help.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha’s First Star Recycling facility has more than a year’s worth of recycled items from around the metro that are now being transformed into something useful. Plastics that ...