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Active Plastic Lumber
How Plastic

Lumber Is Tested Manufacturers

There no longer seems to be an industry-managed list of current
The sophistication of plastic composite
testing continues to increase from when recycled plastic lumber/building product manufacturers. I’ve done my
engineers initially sought to test and classify best to collect a list of every active company I could find. You’ll need to
recycled plastic lumber. The ASTM has read the fine print to determine which ones use recycled material (and
developed seven important testing standards: what percentage). The only other list of this type that I’ve seen is rather
dated, from a 2005 report (http://bit.ly/2hIlEZa). Contact us if you
D 6108 (www.astm.org/Standards/D6108.htm), know of others that should be added to the online edition of this article.
Standard Test Method for Compressive Properties of
Plastic Lumber and Shapes;
A.E.R.T., Inc. (ChoiceDek) .............................................................. www.choicedek.com
D 6109 (www.astm.org/Standards/D6109. Aeolian Enterprises (BreezeWood)...........................................................www.aeo1.com
htm), Standard Test Method for Flexural Properties of American Plastic Lumber (Ameriwood) ........www.american-plasticlumber.com
Unreinforced and Reinforced Plastic Lumber;
Bedford Technology (Select) ................................................. www.plasticboards.com
D 6111 (www.astm.org/Standards/D6111.htm), BJM Industries ...........................................................................www.bjmindustries.com
Standard Test Method for Bulk Density and Specific Cascades (Perma-Deck Advantage +) .......................................http://bit.ly/2hJxdzF
Gravity of Plastic Lumber and Shapes by Displacement; CertainTeed (Boardwalk) ..............................................................www.certainteed.com
D 6112 (www.astm.org/Standards/D6112.htm), Gracious Living Innovations (eon).................................. https://www.eonultra.com
Standard Test Methods for Compressive and Flexural Eco-Tech (Eco-Tech) ..................................................................................EcTch@aol.com
Creep and Creep-Rupture of Plastic Lumber and Shapes; Engineered Plastic Systems (Bear Board) ................... www.epsplasticlumber.com
Enviro-Curb Manufacturing (Enviro-Curb) ...............................www.envirocurb.com
D 6117 (www.astm.org/Standards/D6117.htm), Epoch Composite Products (Evergrain) ......................................www.evergrain.com
Standard Test Methods for Mechanical Fasteners in Fiber Composites (fiberon) ................................................ www.fiberondecking.com
Plastic Lumber and Shapes;
Green Tree Composites (Monarch) ...www.biewerlumber.com/greentree.htm
D 6341 (www.astm.org/Standards/D6341.htm), Louisiana-Pacific (WeatherBest Select) ...............................................www.lpcorp.com
Standard Test Method for Determination of the Linear PlasTEAK (PlasTEAK) ............................................................................ www.plasteak.com
Coefficient of Thermal Expansion of Plastic Lumber and Polywood (Polywood nonstructural) ..........................................www.polywood.com
Plastic Lumber Shapes Between -30 and 140 °F (-34.4 and Renew Plastics Division (Evolve, Perma-Poly) ...............www.RENEWPlastics.com
60 °C); and Resco Plastics (MAXITUF) ........................................................ www.rescoplastics.com
D 6435 (www.astm.org/Standards/D6435.htm), Synboard America (Synboard) .........................................................www.synboard.com
Standard Test Method for Shear Properties of Plastic Trex (Trex Origins) ..........................................................................................www.trex.com
Lumber and Plastic Lumber Shapes. Universal Forest Products (Latitudes Decking) .................www.latitudesdeck.com

Where the Plastic Hits the Road

Could 100 percent recycled plastic roads
become reality?

CCORDING TO MOTORTREND.COM, it’s already happening. A company
in the United Kingdom, MacRebur, is already testing at least two roads
made with recycled plastic replacing much of the asphalt bitumen.
A Typically, bitumen accounts for about 10 percent of the asphalt mix, but
it comes at a high environmental and financial cost.
Motortrend.com notes that “The material, dubbed MR6, is made with 100 percent
recycled materials and can reduce the amount of plastic waste that ends up in landfills.
Not only is it considered a greener alternative, but it’s also 60 percent stronger and
lasts 10 times longer than standard asphalt.” GB

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